Legal Opinion
United States v. Kent Morgan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 1, 2019No. 18-2751PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Rovner, Circuit Judge.
The jury deciding Kent Morgan's fate had no trouble concluding that he had possessed the 86.5 grams of methamphetamine that he conceded he tossed over the heads of inquisitive law enforcement officers in the Peoria airport on January 7, 2016. But the jury could not come to an agreement as to whether the government proved that he possessed that methamphetamine with the intent to deliver it. They declared themselves deadlocked on that issue-the one actually charged in the indictment-but found him guilty of the lesser included offense of possession of methamphetamine.…
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