Civil Rights
Block on Trump's Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
Sentence and conviction of defendants for conspiracy to possess and distribute crack cocaine is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not err in denying defendants' motion for a mistrial because, although the venire lacked any African-Americans, defendants did not show that systematic exclusion of African-Americans caused this void; 2) the district court did not abuse its discretion in allowing a detective to identify defendants' voices on the wiretap tapes; 3) the district court did not abuse its discretion when it allowed the jury to take transcript books back to the deliberation room; 4) the district court did not abuse its discretion in excluding letters written by a witness, even under Rule 613; 5) there was no error in denying defendants' motion for directed verdict based on the variance between the verdict and the indictment; and 6) there was no error in sentencing one of the defendants within the highest possible point in the Guidelines range.
Read US v. Neighbors, No. 09-1113
Appellate Information
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Evansville Division
Decided December 29, 2009
Judges
Before: Flaum, Wood and Sykes, Circuit Judges
Opinion by Flaum, Circuit Judge
Sign into your Legal Forms and Services account to manage your estate planning documents.
Sign InCreate an account allows to take advantage of these benefits: