Legal Opinion
United States v. Gustavo Alvarado, United States of America v. Oscar Oqueli-Hernandez
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 28, 1988No. 85-5278, 85-5280PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION
J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Gustavo Alvarado (Alvarado) and Oscar Oqueli-Hernandez (Oqueli) were indicted for conspiring to import (Count I), for importing (Count II), and for possessing with the intent to distribute (Count III), 12.7 kilograms of cocaine. A jury found both guilty on all counts. Alvarado and Oqueli sought a new trial charging that: 1) the trial judge gave an erroneous jury instruction, and 2) the prosecutor in his closing argument made false representations that warranted a mistrial. The court denied the motion and both were subsequently sentenced.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rose v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. HastingSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. Charles Demore JewellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Thanarat SuttiswadCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by67 opinions
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- United States v. Guy Giovannetti and Nicholas JanisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Hernan Francisco Perez-Tosta, Gustavo Javier Correa-Patino, Erasmo Perez-Aguilera, Luis Guillermo Rojas-ValdezCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
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