United States v. Peter J. Boissoneault

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that defendant’s ownership of “gun or other weapon” would support “inference that he was engaged in the dangerous business of drug trafficking”
• noting that under the Federal Rules of Evidence, “a conclusion that the jury could just as easily have drawn for itself based on its own knowledge 13 or experience is subject to exclusion”
• noting that evidence of 8 intent may be found in the “paraphernalia usually possessed by drug dealers” or 9 the “materials needed to process cocaine or to package it”
• noting that evidence of 8 intent may be found in the “paraphernalia usually possessed by drug dealers” or 9 the “materials needed to process cocaine or to package it”
• expressing discomfort with expert testimony that draws Conclusions as to the significance of conduct or evidence
• expressing discomfort with expert testimony that draws conclusions as to the significance of conduct or evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).