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· 4/12/1999

United States v. Valencia-Gonzales

Citations

  • 172 F.3d 344
  • 1999 WL 198889

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a defendant who believed he sold cocaine was properly sentenced under the higher heroin penalty because drug dealers assume the risk of what kinds and amounts of controlled substances they carry
  • requiring “something” in the record indicating that the district court held the erroneous belief

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Judges: Jones, Smith, Garza

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