Legal Opinion

United States v. Esnel Isnadin

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided February 14, 2014No. 12-13474PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PROCTOR, District Judge:

It has been said the first rule of modern warfare is, “Don’t bring a knife to a gun fight.” In this case, an undercover ATF 1 agent made contact with two of the Appellants in this case, Jolens “Blunt” Cius and Kamensky Gustama, and offered them an opportunity to rob a stash house. 2 In doing so, the agent made clear that those who guarded the controlled substances were armed. Therefore, when Cius and Gustama explored alternative approaches to an armed robbery, the agent offered a similar warning about the need for weapons: “You got to [expletive deleted] rob them,…

2Cases cited49 opinions

  1. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
  3. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  4. Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. Mathews v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988

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3Cited by44 opinions

  1. United States v. Sherond Duron KingCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014
  2. United States v. BastonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2016
  3. United States v. James DixonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2018
  4. United States v. Demetrius Renaldo BowersCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2016
  5. United States v. Wenxia ManCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2018

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