Legal Opinion
United States v. Mitchell
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 22, 2010No. 17-1108PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Marcus Mitchell was convicted after a jury trial for conspiring to distribute cocaine. He now appeals his conviction on two grounds. Fust, he contends that the district court improperly admitted out-of-court co-conspirator statements despite insufficient evidence to corroborate Mitchell’s participation in the conspiracy. See United States v. Petrozziello, 548 F.2d 20 (1st Cir.1977). Second, he contends that the district court erred by failing to give a “buyer-seller” instruction sua sponte, which would have asked the jury to consider whether…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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