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· 8/31/2009

United States v. Niemi

Citations

  • 579 F.3d 123
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 19457
  • 2009 WL 2712318

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that evidence coconspirators \used the same code words for drugs\ suggested the existence of one conspiracy, rather than multiples conspiracies
  • noting that interdependence among spokes in criminal conspiracy \may be shown where one participant knows that his own success depends on the continued existence and health of the [criminal] organization as a whole\
  • no error where prosecutor posited that defense counsel could not offer alternate explanation for use of code words in recorded conversation
  • \Whether evidence shows one or many conspiracies is a question of fact for the jury and is reviewed only for sufficiency of the evidence.\

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Judges: Boudin, Howard, Tashima

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