Legal Opinion
United States v. Casey
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 3, 2016No. 13-1839PPublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAWKINS, Circuit Judge.
Lashaun Casey appeals his conviction by jury trial and life sentence for the death of an undercover police officer during a drug buy. His appeal raises a host of challenges to rulings issued throughout his pretrial and trial proceedings, and urges he be granted a retrial. For the reasons described in the opinion that follows, we affirm.
I. Background
A. Facts
The overarching series of events giving rise to this appeal are not in dispute. Contested issues pertinent to Casey’s arguments on appeal, and the appropriate standard of review for each, are addressed in the…
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