United States v. Luis Rodolfo Zavala-Serra, United States of America v. Maria Novoa Cruz

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• rejecting argument that the defendant’s statement to a government informant could not be in furtherance of a conspiracy because “[i]t is well established that statements made by a co-conspirator need not be made to a member of the conspiracy to be admissible under rule 801(d
• rejecting argument that the defendant’s statement to a government informant could not be in furtherance of a conspiracy because “[i]t is well established that statements made by a co-conspirator need not be made to a member of the conspiracy to be admissible under rule 801(d
• an appel lant “must confine his constitutional attack to the circumstances of his own case”
• “His only claim is that it would be [constitutionally] irrational to deny parole to defendants less culpable than himself. [Defendant] lacks standing to make this argument.”
• finding noncapital sentence not disproportionate under Solem analysis

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).