Legal Opinion

United States v. Askia Washington

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided August 28, 2017No. 16-2795PublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

FUENTES, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Asida Washington was ensnared by a “stash house reverse sting” operation — one which hit many of the by-now-familiar beats.1 Acting on what appeared to be insider information from a drug courier, Washington and his three co-conspirators planned to rob a Philadelphia property where they thought 10 kilograms of cqcaine were being stored for distribution. But as they discovered on the day of the robbery, the “stash house” was a trap set by law enforcement. Then “courier” was an undercover federal agent with the Bureau of Alcohol,…

2Cases cited98 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Whren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  3. United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Michael Lacey v. Joseph ArpaioCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
  5. Kelley Mala v. Crown Bay MarinaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2013

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3Cited by62 opinions

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  3. United States v. Tracy ConleyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2017
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  5. United States v. Daryle SellersCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2018

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