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February 1, 2020 |
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US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Opinions | | United States v. Lorenzana-Cordon | | Docket: 18-3019 Opinion Date: January 31, 2020 Judge: David S. Tatel Areas of Law: Criminal Law | | The DC Circuit affirmed defendants' convictions for conspiring to traffic wholesale quantities of cocaine into the United States. The court found no grounds for reversal, holding that the evidence presented at trial did not materially diverge from the charges contained in the indictment. Furthermore, even if the district court erred by rejecting defendants' request for a multiple conspiracies jury instruction, defendants failed to show that the error substantially prejudiced them. | | |
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