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· 7/14/1989

United States v. Onel Colon, Alvarado, Et Ano.

Citations

  • 880 F.2d 650
  • 28 Fed. R. Serv. 800
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 10301

How courts have described this case

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

  • observing that a stipulation to intent if the government proved that the defendant intended to direct an undercover officer to a particular person to buy drugs did not remove the issue of intent from the case
  • observing that a stipulation to intent if the government proved that the defendant intended to direct an undercover officer to a particular person to buy drugs did not remove the issue of intent from the case
  • observing that a stipulation to intent if the government proved that the defendant intended to direct an undercover officer to a particular person to buy drugs did not remove the issue of intent from the case
  • recognizing “distinction between defense theories that claim that the defendant did not do the charged act at all, and those that claim that the defendant did the act innocently or mistakenly” and concluding only the latter truly raise a disputed issue of intent
  • where the court determined that the stipulation the defendant presented, even if proffered with sincerity, failed to remove the issue of intent from the case
  • evidence of prior bad acts not admissible to show intent, where intent was not in dispute because defendant denied committing charged actions

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Judges: Meskill, Pierce, Miner

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