Legal Opinion
United States v. Powell
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 10, 1984No. 83-1307PublishedCited by 1,757 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnquist
In Dunn v. United States, 284 U. S. 390 (1932), this Court held that a criminal defendant convicted by a jury on one count could not attack that conviction because it was inconsistent with the jury’s verdict of acquittal on another count. We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit correctly enunciated an exception to Dunn when it overturned respondent’s convictions. 467 U. S. 1203 (1984).
In 1982, respondent Betty Lou Powell’s husband, Ron Powell, aided by his 17-year-old son Jeff and others, was operating a lucrative cocaine and…
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