Legal Opinion

United States v. Ahrendt

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided March 19, 2009No. 06-1254PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

William Ahrendt1 challenges his cocaine conspiracy conviction and 210-month sentence. He alleges that the district court committed two errors at trial: declining to order a reevaluation of his competency and excluding evidence of a psychological eval*71uation. He also alleges that the court committed two errors at sentencing by-applying a leadership enhancement and by failing to treat certain prior offenses together when evaluating his criminal history.

I. Background

The following background facts on Ah-rendt’s role in the cocaine conspiracy were elicited at Ahrendt’s trial.

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2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. United States v. Ilario M.A. ZanninoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
  4. Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  5. Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. United States v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
  2. United States v. Michael BernardCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2013
  3. United States v. Matos-De-JesusCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2017
  4. United States v. Miranda-DiazCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2019
  5. United States v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2020

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