Recent Precedential Slip Opinions from the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Eighth Circuit -- United States v. Joel Castillo
If someone gives you a box and tells you it's medicine for a friend in Maryland who will give you a few tacos in thanks for delivering it, that's sufficient evidence for a drug courier conviction.
No error in denial of mitigation in sentencing, as deft has the burden to establish small role.