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Tenth Circuit: Mere Presence in Vehicle Used to Transport Large Quantity of Drugs Insufficient to Establish Necessary Intent for Conspiracy Conviction
Loaded on Sept. 1, 2024
by Anthony Accurso
published in Criminal Legal News
September, 2024, page 36
Filed under:
Conspiracy,
Mere Presence,
Methamphetamine,
Weight and Quantity of Drugs.
Locations:
California,
Oklahoma.
by Anthony W. Accurso
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed the convictions of the unwitting passenger of a drug mule on the ground that the Government failed to present evidence of her knowledge of the drugs and instead relied solely on unreasonable inferences.
Tony Garcia agreed ...
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