PRINCE

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

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• United States v. Ortiz, 966 F.2d 707 (1st Cir. 1992)
  …ony did not account for the manner in which the cocaine was sent from Puerto Rico to Miami, such a lacuna affects only the weight and not the admissibility of the evidence. See United States v. Casto, 889 F. 2d 562, 569 (5th Cir.1989), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 1092, 110 S.Ct. 1164, 107 L.Ed.2d 1067 (1990). This is particularly true in the case at bar, where Nunez himself adduced no evidence suggesting that the drugs had been switched, mishandled, or adulterated. We will not paint the lily. On this record, the…
• United States v. Arditti, 955 F.2d 331 (5th Cir. 1992)
  …possesses broad discretion in framing the instructions to the jury; we will not reverse unless the instructions taken as a whole do not “correctly reflect the issues and law.” United States v. Casto, 889 F. 2d 562, 566 (5th Cir.1989), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 1092, 110 S.Ct. 1164, 107 L.Ed.2d 1067 (1990) (citation omitted). This court will reverse for abuse of discretion a district court’s refusal to issue a jury instruction only if the requested instruction “(1) is substantively correct; (2) was not substant…
• United States v. Frank A.J. Stodola, 953 F.2d 266 (7th Cir. 1992)
  …ublic official “acts or wields the powers of office in such a way that it causes a victim to fear some form of retribution if payment of a demanded price is not forthcoming.” United States v. Davis, 890 F. 2d 1373, 1378 (7th Cir.1989), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 1092, 110 S.Ct. 1165, 107 L.Ed.2d 1068 (1990). An official violates the “color of official right” prong of § 1951(b)(2) when he encourages or accepts a payment knowing that it was “prompted by the hope that the official will be influenced in the exerci…