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· 8/1/1994

United States v. Josephine Ledezma (92-6683) and Terry Zajac (93-5182)

Citations

  • 26 F.3d 636

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • involving van stopped for \speeding\ along Interstate 40 by Shelby County Sheriff's Deputy Officer Edmonds who was later joined by Officer Lane, wherein suspicion to detain was based on \nervousness\ and \evasiveness\ of the driver; consent to search obtained
  • reversing a defendant’s conviction for possession with the intent to distribute where the defendant was involved in shipping drugs, but did not aid or abet the particular shipment that the indictment charged him with possessing
  • reversing a defendant’s conviction for possession with the intent to distribute where the defendant was involved in shipping drugs, but did not aid or abet the particular shipment that the indictment charged him with possessing
  • “Unnecessary delay inherently increases the risk that 27 witnesses’ memories will fade and evidence will become stale.”
  • “the First Amendment does not guarantee that citizens’ speech will 27 be heard”

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Judges: Guy, Ryan, Wellford

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