United States v. Mohammad Reza Mehrmanesh

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that a prior conviction for smuggling hashish into the United States, although it involves surreptitious activity, does not bear directly on the likelihood that the defendant would testify untruthfully
• concluding that a prior conviction for smuggling hashish into the United States, although it involves surreptitious activity, does not bear directly on the likelihood that the defendant would testify untruthfully
• rejecting the argument that a jury can infer importation from drug use
• “We may not construe a statute so as to make any part of it mere surplus-age.”
• defendant’s prior conviction for possession of cocaine was admissible to show intent and knowledge under Rule 404(b)
• Mar. 11, 2012, 04:40:38 (“Allison is listed as $6000 but i can get her down to $5”)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).