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· 6/13/1997

United States v. Melvin E. Howard, A/K/A Mu, United States of America v. George H. Jones, United States of America v. Jimmy Bacon

Citations

  • 115 F.3d 1151
  • 47 Fed. R. Serv. 246
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 13907

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that federal law applies and concluding that \a prior -4- conviction is final for the purposes of a section 841 enhancement when the time for taking a direct appeal has expired\
  • “The facts in this case fail to support Howard’s claim that a reasonable person in his position would have understood that he was in custody.”
  • 36 days between prior conviction and arrest for conspiracy

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Judges: Wilkinson, Michael, Copenhaver, Southern, Virginia

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