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· 5/28/2003

United States v. Pamela Kuenstler, United States of America v. Gregory A. Hill

Citations

  • 325 F.3d 1015

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding evidence sufficient to support conviction of intent to distribute based on, inter alia, 0.47 grams of methamphetamine divided into five individual packages
  • concluding there was no reversible error when witnesses, even if not disclosed as experts, were qualified to give expert opinions regarding the normal practice of drug dealers based on experience investigating methamphetamine business
  • upholding the search of a house for additional threats after one occupant tried to flee, another yelled and charged at police, and a third watched from the doorway
  • “Exigent circumstances exist where law enforcement officers have a legitimate concern for the safety of themselves or others.” (quotation omitted)
  • “The Fourth Amendment protects ‘against -19- unreasonable searches and seizures,’ but its protections are personal and cannot be asserted by persons lacking a ‘legitimate expectation of privacy’ in the place searched.”
  • “0.53 grams of solid material and 91.9 grams of liquid”

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Judges: Wollman, Murphy, Autrey

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