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· 12/29/2003

United States v. Rosario Placensia, Also Known as Cheyenne, Also Known as Jaime

Citations

  • 352 F.3d 1157

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining, in direct appeal, that “as a general rule, jurors may examine any documents properly admitted into evidence”
  • judge instructed jury that “where the discussions were in Spanish, transcripts of the discussions as translated into English are evidence”
  • law enforcement agents may testify about coded language on wiretaps to assist jury
  • noting the abuse of discretion standard of review
  • Spanish-language conversations translated to English

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Bye, Gibson, Melloy

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