Legal Opinion
United States v. Felix Rodriguez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 7, 1988No. 87-1917PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
On January 20, 1987, a federal grand jury indicted defendant-appellant Felix Rodriguez on drug-related charges. 1 He was later found guilty on both counts. Following imposition of sentence, Rodriguez appealed. His principal assignment of error questions the district court’s refusal to charge the jury on entrapment. He also claims that there was an impermissible imbrication — which he calls “duplicitousness” 2 —involving the two counts, thereby transgressing the Fifth Amendment’s double jeopardy clause.
I. BACKGROUND
In early 1987, appellant was employed in the meat…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- United States v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Iannelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Mathews v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Lopez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by118 opinions
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- Anne Anderson v. Cryovac, Inc., Anne Anderson v. Beatrice Foods Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
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- United States v. GiffordCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
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