Legal Opinion

United States v. Mohammad Ali Bastanipour

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided December 30, 1982No. 81-2369PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendant appeals from a conviction on three counts arising out of an alleged attempt to smuggle heroin from Iran into the United States. We hold: (1) that the Government’s attempted pretrial appeal of a non-appealable order did not divest the district court of jurisdiction to try the case; (2) that a special agent’s failure to retain the handwritten draft of a typed report did not violate defendant’s rights under the Constitution or Jencks Act; (3) that the district court did not err in refusing to grant a mistrial when the special agent’s testimony described…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Abney v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. United States v. BatchelderSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. United States v. CaceresSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. United States v. Herman Tyrone HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976

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3Cited by61 opinions

  1. Delaware v. FenstererSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. United States v. Frank Peter Balistrieri, Steve Disalvo, and Dennis Librizzi, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  3. United States v. AngiuloCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
  4. United States v. Charles H. Grier and Isaac HarperCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
  5. United States v. Sam Paiz, Douglas Rector, Dick Selby, Leann Cooper, Joe Rector, Barbara Allen, and Tim RectorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990

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