Legal Opinion
United States v. Stinson
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 14, 2010No. 08-1717PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
This matter is before us on this court’s grant of the petition for panel rehearing filed on behalf of Appellant Melvin Stinson supported by Amici Curiae Federal Public and Community Defender Organizations for each District in the Third Circuit. Because our prior opinion was vacated with the order granting rehearing, we include here the relevant facts.
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Stinson, who was arrested by local police in a Philadelphia bar pursuant to an arrest warrant for failing to appear in court, was found to be in possession of 23 glass vials of cocaine base, totaling…
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