Legal Opinion

United States v. Fullwood

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided June 11, 1996No. 863, Docket 95-1270PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WALKER, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Melvin Poindexter appeals from a judgment of conviction for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 entered in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Ellen Bree Burns, District Judge) following the return of a jury’s guilty verdict. The principal issue on appeal is whether the district court (Jose A. Cabranes, then-Chief Judge) should have suppressed Poindexter’s post-arrest inculpatory…

2Cases cited16 opinions

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  3. United States v. Alvarez-SanchezSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  4. Rivera v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
  5. United States v. William Beverly William Pritchett, Also Known as O and Reginald Brown, Charles Tyrone White, Also Known as Nfn Black, and Dana FosterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. United States v. James Fields Christopher CrawleyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
  2. Melvin Poindexter v. John Nash, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
  3. United States v. CooperDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2000
  4. United States v. Pena OntiverosDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2008
  5. United States v. BaileyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2011

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