Legal Opinion
United States v. Renee Withers, United States of America v. Renee Withers
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 19, 1996No. 95-5607, 95-5652PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part and vacated and remanded in part by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge RUSSELL and Judge HALL joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Chief Judge:
Renee Withers was sentenced to 40 months imprisonment for importing and conspiring to import heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952 and 963. She argues on appeal that there was insufficient evidence to sustain her conviction, that the district court improperly gave the jury a deliberate ignorance instruction, and that she was prejudiced by the prosecution’s inadvertent reference to a co-conspirator’s plea…
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