· 6/22/1987
United States v. Thomas Dorsey and Ronald Franklin Barr
Citations
- 819 F.2d 1055
- 23 Fed. R. Serv. 333
- 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 7872
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- defendant claimed he “was merely an ‘unwitting’ observer . . . and that he had no intent to become involved in any criminal activity”
- “While each defendant must have joined the conspiracy intentionally, each need not be privy to all the details of the conspiracy or be aware of all the other conspirators.”
- “Where the extrinsic offense is offered to prove intent, its relevance is de- termined by comparing the defendant’s state of mind in perpetrat- ing both the extrinsic and charged offenses.”
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Judges: Hill, Hatcheit, Henderson
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