· 3/27/1998
United States v. Pablo Salinas Brito Adrian Brito Jesus Salinas Brito Adan Brito Ignacio Berumez Brito Benjamin Hernandez Rodriguez
Citations
- 136 F.3d 397
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- holding that erroneous admission of extrinsic evidence was harmless error in part because the government did not refer to the evidence in its closing argument
- holding that the defendant was not entitled to a new trial where jury had general discussion of penalty during deliberations but there was no evidence that jury learned of information from an outside source
- holding that the defendant was not entitled to a new trial where jury had general discussion of penalty during deliberations but there was no evidence that jury learned of information from an outside source
- noting that this court has already held that section 848 is not unconstitutionally vague and rejecting the defendant’s vagueness challenge to the term “substantial”
- indicating that it is “well settled” that this court dismisses lesser-included offenses in cases of double jeopardy that arise from simultaneous charging of both greater and lesser- included offenses
- calling the product of the number of loads and the estimated minimum weight per load “the most conservative calculation” of the amount of drugs
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Judges: Politz, Garwood, Barksdale
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