MASSA

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (16 total)

• United States v. Paiz, 905 F.2d 1014 (7th Cir. 1990)
  …arijuana involved in the conspiracy. The appellants, citing United States v. Alvarez, 735 F. 2d 461 (11th Cir.1984), United States v. Crockett, 812 F. 2d 626 (10th Cir.1987), and United States v. Brandon, 847 F. 2d 625 (10th Cir.1988), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 973, 109 S.Ct. 510, 102 L.Ed.2d 545 (1989), claim that before enhanced penalties pursuant to § 841(b)(1)(B) may be imposed the indictment must charge them not only with conspiracy, but with conspiracy involving 100 kilograms or 100 plants of marijuana.…
• United States v. Ross, 920 F.2d 1530 (10th Cir. 1990)
  …86). The evidence “must be substantial; that is, it must do more than raise a mere suspicion of guilt.” United States v. Brandon, 847 F. 2d 625, 630 (10th Cir.) (quoting United States v. Troutman, 814 F. 2d 1428, 1455 (10th Cir.1987)), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 973, 109 S.Ct. 510, 102 L.Ed.2d 545 (1988). The evidence may, however, be wholly circumstantial. United States v. Hooks, 780 F. 2d at 1529. And it may be consistent with a reasonable hypothesis of innocence. Id. at 1530. It is only necessary that a rati…
• United States v. Morehead, 959 F.2d 1489 (10th Cir. 1992)
  …); United States v. Brandon, 847 F. 2d 625, 631 (10th Cir.) (“[t]he quantity possessed by the defendant is a necessary element which the government must allege and prove to obtain the greater penalty provided under § 841(b)(l)(B)[ ]”), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 973, 109 S.Ct. 510, 102 L.Ed.2d 545 (1988). More recently, however, we have stated that “Crockett, a pre-guideline case, is inapposite to post-guideline cases.” United States v. McCann, 940 F. 2d 1352, 1358 (10th Cir.1991) (citing United States v. War…