United States First Circuit

Conviction for conspiring to distribute cocaine is affirmed over claims of error that: 1) defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal should have been granted because the evidence against him was insufficient; 2) a drug sale was not probative of the charged conspiracy and should not have been allowed in evidence; and 3) the district judge should have declared a mistrial because certain "extraneous" material, i.e., a joke printed from a website making fun of the legal profession, was found in the jury room after a verdict was returned.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/24/2008
• Published 10/24/2008

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• United States First Circuit

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