overdose

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5027 Jovan Marquis Harris v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP burrage-v-united-states causation-of-harm criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution evidentiary-hearing federal-statute heroin-distribution jury-instruction jury-instructions overdose sentencing-enhancement Did the trial court err when it refused to instruct the jury that the heroin distributed by the defendant was the same heroin that caused the victims'…
21-5595 Jovan Marquis Harris v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP burrage-standard burrage-v-united-states causation criminal-law criminal-statute drug-crimes drug-distribution due-process overdose proximate-cause sentencing sentencing-enhancement whether-the-enhanced-penalty-for-death-resulting-from-use-of-a-substance-requires-proof-of-proximate-cause