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United States v. Dean Jenkins

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided October 9, 1996No. 95-5535PublishedCited by 101 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

Dean Jenkins alleges ten errors in the way that the federal government investigated, prosecuted, tried, and sentenced him for drug trafficking. Two of these warrant a detailed written opinion. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

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Jenkins owns a trucking company called Black Mountain Motor Lines (“Black Mountain”). Sometime in 1991, Jenkins grew disillusioned with normal profit margins, built a secret compartment into the trailer of a rig, and began to smuggle marijuana from Texas to Tennessee.

Meanwhile, Agent Gilleland of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation was…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. United States v. MatlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Illinois v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1990

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3Cited by101 opinions

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  4. United States v. Scotty Lee HudsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005
  5. United States v. Frederick Alonzo WallerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005

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