Legal Opinion

United States v. Jumah

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided April 1, 2010No. 08-1931PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Amen E. Jumah was convicted by a jury of knowing possession of a listed chemical, knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe, that the chemical would be used to manufacture a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(c)(2). The district court, acting without the benefit of the Supreme Court’s subsequent decision in Dixon v. United States, 548 U.S. 1, 126 S.Ct. 2437, 165 L.Ed.2d 299 (2006), granted a motion for a new trial on the ground that the jury had been instructed erroneously about the public authority defense. We reversed the district court’s grant…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995

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3Cited by39 opinions

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