Legal Opinion
United States v. John Wayne Pennington and John Mitchell Margiotta
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 6, 1994No. 93-7165PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
John Margiotta and John Pennington appeal the district court’s denial of their motions for acquittal based upon insufficient evidence made after a jury found Margiotta guilty of possession with intent to distribute marihuana and found Pennington guilty of possession with intent to distribute marihuana and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marihuana. Furthermore, Pennington raises several assignments of error regarding the prosecutor’s comments on his post-arrest silence, the district court’s refusal to submit a jury instruction on the knowing…
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3Cited by106 opinions
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