Legal Opinion
United States v. Soler
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 4, 2002No. 01-1179PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents a series of questions, some of novel impression in this circuit, concerning various federal drug-trafficking laws. Those questions touch upon the quantum of evidence necessary to establish the existence of a drug-trafficking conspiracy; the necessity (if any) for a showing of reasonable foreseeability in a prosecution for selling heroin, death resulting; and the type and kind of proof that the government must adduce to convict a defendant of selling drugs within 1,000 feet of a school. We resolve most of these questions favorably to the government,…
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