Legal Opinion

United States v. Dockery Cleveland

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided October 19, 2018No. 17-3993PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN K. BUSH, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Defendant-Appellant Dockery Cleveland of conspiring and attempting to possess, as well as possessing, cocaine with the intent to distribute it. Cleveland's appeal raises whether the district court properly (1) admitted certain evidence extracted from his cellphone; (2) overruled a Batson objection to a peremptory juror challenge; (3) admitted testimony that a weapon was seized from co-defendant Larone Williams's residence and that it may have been stolen in a previous burglary; and (4) overruled objections to the government's references in closing…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. United States v. Richard CarrollCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994

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3Cited by13 opinions

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