buyer-seller-rule

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-7450 Zachery James Edward Rowe v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP buyer-seller-rule complete-defense criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy jury-instruction sixth-amendment Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision affirming the refusal to give a buyer-seller instruction in a drug conspiracy case conflicts with this Court's …
21-8250 Deandre McIntosh v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP buyer-seller buyer-seller-rule criminal-intent criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy due-process government-burden-of-proof knowledge knowledge-requirement stake sufficiency-of-evidence Whether a defendant can be convicted of drug conspiracy when he was no more than a buyer seller and the government failed to establish he had knowledg…
19-6942 Savon Germain Carter v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied IFP buyer-seller-rule circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy due-process end-user jury-instruction jury-instructions methamphetamine-distribution A federal jury convicted Savon Carter and Christina Eichler of the sole count charged against them, conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a mi…
19-6236 Christina Marie Eichler v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-10-10 Denied IFP buyer-seller-rule circuit-split conspiracy conspiracy-to-distribute criminal-law distribution drug-sales due-process end-users evidence-admissibility jury-instruction 1. Is evidence of drug sales admissible to prove a conspiracy to distribute when the person charged with the conspiracy only sold drugs to end users a…