Legal Opinion
United States v. Liburd
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 9, 2010No. 09-3156PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
(June 9, 2010)
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted Lorenzo Liburd of violating 21 U.S.C. § 841 and attempting to violate 21 U.S.C. § 952(a). Liburd appeals, arguing that his trial was marred by prosecutorial misconduct which denied him due process of law. We agree, and will vacate the judgment of conviction.
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On October 4, 2008, Liburd entered Cyril E. King Airport on St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, with the intention of boarding a flight to Atlanta. He passed through the airport’s Customs and Border Protection and agricultural checkpoints without incident. At the…
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