JOHNSON

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (28 total)

• United States v. Raimundo Crespo de Llano, 830 F.2d 1532 (9th Cir. 1987)
  …endants was present at the time and place agreed upon for the consummation of the sale. Moreover, over three kilograms of cocaine were seized from DominguezPeraza’s house. See United States v. Ospina, 739 F. 2d 448, 451 (9th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 471 U.S. 1126, 105 S.Ct. 2658, 86 L.Ed.2d 274 (1985), (both defendants present in taxicab with contraband when it was seized). We also find sufficient evidence to support Crespo’s conviction for possession under United States v. Pinkerton, 328 U.S. 640, 66 S.Ct.…
• Johnston v. Harris Cnty. Flood Control Dist., 869 F.2d 1565 (5th Cir. 1989)
  …on for a continuance. The grant or denial of a continuance is within the sound discretion of the trial court. Harmon v. Grande Tire Co., Inc., 821 F. 2d 252, 256 (5th Cir.1987) (quoting Harvey v. Andrist, 754 F. 2d 569, 572 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 471 U.S. 1126, 105 S.Ct 2659, 86 L.Ed.2d 276 (1985)); Fontenot v. Upjohn Co., 780 F. 2d 1190, 1193 (5th Cir.1986) (footnote omitted). We will reverse the denial of a continuance “only when the action is, to use the conventional term, ‘an abuse of discretion.’ ”…
• United States v. Porter, 881 F.2d 878 (10th Cir. 1989)
  …ion of whether certain evidence is hearsay rests heavily upon the facts of a particular case.” United States v. Rodriguez-Pando, 841 F. 2d 1014, 1018 (10th Cir.1988); see also United States v. Ospina, 739 F. 2d 448, 452 (9th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 471 U.S. 1126, 105 S.Ct. 2658, 86 L.Ed.2d 274 (1985) (“The determination of admissibility of statements against penal interest under Evidence Rule 804(b)(3) is committed to the sound discretion of the trial court, and should not be disturbed on appeal absent an a…