United States v. J.R. \Buddy\ Carter, Joy Carter, Kevin Sheehy, William M. \Billy\ Butts

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• involving defendants who remained silent in the back seat of a car while the declarant in the front seat made statements implicating them in a drug smuggling scheme
• “There is no question that in certain circumstances it is per- missible for a prosecutor to comment on a defendant’s prearrest silence.”
• defendant's own statements and adoptive admissions constitute independent evidence of conspiracy

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