Legal Opinion

United States v. Ford

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided October 14, 2016No. 14-2245PPublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MASTROIANNI, District Judge.

James F. Ford, with assistance from his wife Darlene and his sons Paul and Jim, 1 directed a marijuana-growing operation out of a home in Monroe, Maine. Acting on a tip from Jim’s girlfriend, police executed a search warrant and interviewed James, who openly described the sophisticated operation and discussed his previous marijuana-growing case in Massachusetts. After a trial, a jury convicted him on the four counts charged in the superseding indictment: conspiracy, manufacturing over 100 marijuana plants, maintaining a residence for marijuana manufacturing, and…

2Cases cited60 opinions

  1. Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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  5. Lockyer v. AndradeSupreme Court of the United States · 2003

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3Cited by18 opinions

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