U.S. v. Acosta, No. 95-2517 (7th Cir.) (85 F.3d 275) (May 29, 1996) (Judge Ilana Diamond Rovner)
Loaded on July 1, 1996
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July 08, 1996
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Factual Disputes/Findings.
Here the Court vacated a sentence based on the district court's determination of the quantity of drugs involved because it relied on testimony that was inherently inconsistent - which is "the prototype of unreliable evidence.".
The Court started by recognizing that "the quantity of drugs attributed to a …
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