Legal Opinion

United States v. Aquart

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided December 20, 2018No. 12-5086-cr; August Term 2016PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TABLE OF CONTENTS

BACKGROUND...10

I. The Guilt Phase of Trial...10

A. The Prosecution Case...10

1. The Aquart Drug Enterprise...10

2. The Murders of Tina Johnson, James Reid, and Basil Williams...10

a. Tina Johnson Interferes with Aquart's Drug Enterprise ...10

b. Planning the Murders...10

c. The August 24, 2005 Murders...11

d. Discovery of the Murder Victims ...11

e. Forensic Evidence...12

f. Post-Murder Inculpatory Evidence...12(i) Lashika Johnson Testifies to Aquart's Efforts To Destroy Evidence and to Efrain Johnson's Admissions...12(ii) Aquart Admits Destroying Evidence...13(iii) Aquart's Efforts…

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2Cases cited140 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. United States v. AquartCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2024
  2. United States v. Christopher HowardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2021
  3. Vullo v. Office of the Comptroller of the CurrencyDistrict Court, S.D. Illinois · 2019
  4. United States v. RainfordCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2024
  5. United States v. Larry WilkersonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2020

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