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Convictions Reversed for Insufficiency and Cumulative Error; Good Discussion of Deliberate Ignorance

United States v. Delgado, No. 07-41041 (5th Cir. Jan. 19, 2011) (Wiener, Dennis; Clement, J. dissenting) A common fact pattern, an uncommon result: Defendant-Appellant Maria Aide Delgado was convicted of (1) possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute and (2) conspiracy to commit the same offense, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B); 18 U.S.C. § 371.0. She was sentenced to a concurrent

Full post as published by Fifth Circuit Blog on February 09, 2011 (boomark / email).