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· 6/17/1999

United States v. Scharon

Citations

  • 187 F.3d 17
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 13355
  • 1999 WL 398079

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that defendant must provide information beyond facts related to the particular offense to satisfy safety valve requirements
  • stating that jury can rely entirely upon circumstantial evidence
  • “A possible defect in the chain of custody for a certain piece of evidence factors into the weight given to the evidence rather than its admissibility.”
  • finding “bare conclusions” insufficient to disqualify defendant from safety valve

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Torruella, Cyr, Pollak

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