Legal Opinion
United States v. Joshua Kinchen
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 5, 2013No. 12-30340PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNES, Circuit Judge:
A jury found Defendant Joshua Jermaine Kinchen (“Joshua”) guilty of knowingly distributing at least 50 grams of cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Joshua appeals, contending (1) the district court abused its discretion in admitting evidence of a prior possession of a distributable amount of cocaine and his statement during that prior arrest that the only way he knew how to earn a living to support his family was selling drugs; (2) the district court erred in refusing to allow a witness to invoke the Fifth Amendment in the presence of the jury; and (3)…
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