Legal Opinion

United States v. Michael Taylor

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided January 8, 1985No. 84-8409PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Non-Argument Calendar.

1Per curiam

Michael Taylor appeals his convictions for possessing with intent to distribute hashish, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1982); possession of a firearm by a felon, 18 U.S.C. app. § 1202 (1982); and possession of a firearm without a serial number. Id. He claims that his convictions were the product of prosecutorial vindictiveness. We disagree and affirm.

On March 31, 1982, FBI agents arrested Taylor at his apartment in Atlanta, Georgia on a federal fugitive warrant from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The agents, with Taylor's consent, searched his apartment and seized cocaine, hashish, a…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Bordenkircher v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Blackledge v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. United States v. GoodwinSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Bobby Hardwick v. Ollie Doolittle, Jailer and William Anderson, SheriffCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  5. United States v. Herman v. KrezdornCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. United States v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
  2. United States v. Javado BarnerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2006
  3. United States v. Ray L. CoronaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
  4. United States v. Demetrius Sharron DavisCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2017
  5. Hood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006

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