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U.S. v. Quintero-Barraza, No. 93-10764 (9th Cir.) (78 F.3d 1344) (March 7, 1996) (Judge Robert R. Jr. Merhige)

The distinguishing feature of this decision is the stinging dissent by Judge Tang who objects to the rather routine affirmance of the defendant's drug conviction, despite his conclusion that the conviction "was based entirely on circumstantial evidence, arrived at only after an initially deadlocked jury was given an Allen charge." ...

 

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