Legal Opinion

Carlisle v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 13, 1996No. 94-9247PublishedCited by 452 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scalia

This case presents the question whether a district court has authority to grant a postverdict motion for judgment of *418acquittal filed one day outside the time limit prescribed by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 29(c).

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Petitioner Charles Carlisle, along with several co-defendants, was tried by jury in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U. S. C. §§ 841, 846, 84 Stat. 1260, 1265. He did not move during the trial for a judgment of acquittal under Federal Rule of Criminal…

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