Legal Opinion
United States v. Jessica Durham
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 22, 2006No. 05-30403PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLLAK, District Judge:
On January 11, 2005, following a bench trial, the District Court found that defendant-appellant Jessica Durham (“Ms.Durham”) knowingly distributed a small quantity of marijuana to her eighteen-month-old daughter, Michala Durham (“Micha-la”). 1 Accordingly, Ms. Durham was convicted of knowingly and unlawfully distributing marijuana to a person under the age of twenty-one, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 2 859(a). 3 She was sentenced to a five-year term of imprisonment. 4
On appeal, Ms. Durham argues that testimony against her was improperly admitted and that the…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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