· 4/13/1993
United States v. Phillip McCutchen
Citations
- 992 F.2d 22
- 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 7651
- 1993 WL 107077
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- finding that extrapolating 15 weighed and tested vials to 104 untested vials to charge defendant with 9.866 grams of crack cocaine was permissible
- holding the method of testing sufficiently reliable where the chemist testified that the procedure followed “was the accepted methodology among the chemists working in the Philadelphia Police Department”
- upholding processing technique to determine drug quantity for sentencing where the government extrapolated from a test sample
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Judges: Becker, Greenberg, Weis
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