· 8/21/2015
United States v. Paz-Alvarez
Citations
- 799 F.3d 12
- 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 14717
- 2015 WL 4978733
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that a statute cannot criminalize conduct “in terms so vague that men of common intelligence must necessarily guess at its meaning and differ as to its application’” (citations omitted)
- rejecting appellant’s Alleyne argument based upon a review of the jury instructions in their totality
- “There are many ways to show that a defendant intended to join and advance a conspiracy, even where the defendant never actually handled the drugs.”
- arguments from motions incorporated by reference waived
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Judges: Selya, Souter, Lipez
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