Legal Opinion
United States v. Arturo Jesus Atehortua
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 22, 1989No. 88-1265PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
How much cocaine is in a kilogram? The answer “1,000 grams” is almost certainly wrong, because no sample of “white powdery substance” (the jargon of police reports) is 100% pure. And a dealer’s offer to supply a customer with one kilogram means “one kilo, more or less, of a substance containing cocaine more or less pure”. A judge imposing sentence might think that the “more or less” is more or less irrelevant: the gravity of the offense does not depend on whether the weight turns out to be 980 grams or 1,020 grams. How much cocaine is in a kilogram matters, though,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- United States v. AddonizioSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. Karel PlisekCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- United States v. John Larry RayCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Roscoe Emory Dean, Jr., in Re United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by13 opinions
- United States v. Michael J. Corbitt, Pulitzer Community Newspapers, Inc., Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Michael Carl VismanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Joel Lopez-Cavasos, United States of America v. Joel Lopez-CavasosCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. William Scott BlytheCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Arturo J. Atehortua v. Thomas Kindt, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
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