21 Cited authorities

Estelle v. Williams
425 U.S. 501 (1976) Cited 2,144 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding that requiring a defendant to wear prison clothes at trial violates due process
United States v. Thai
29 F.3d 785 (2d Cir. 1994) Cited 399 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that the government may respond to attacks on the credibility of its witnesses
U.S. v. Tutino
883 F.2d 1125 (2d Cir. 1989) Cited 376 times
Holding that aggregation of narcotics amounts across multiple transactions is permissible so long as the transactions form part of "single continuing scheme"
U.S. v. Wong
40 F.3d 1347 (2d Cir. 1994) Cited 311 times
Holding that district court cannot impose fine on indigent defendant when future ability to pay is based merely on chance, such as winning lottery
U.S. v. Stewart
590 F.3d 93 (2d Cir. 2009) Cited 199 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that a mental state is not “relevant conduct” for purposes of applying the terrorism enhancement
U.S. v. Ross
33 F.3d 1507 (11th Cir. 1994) Cited 244 times
Holding that the court's "careful instruction" about the need for the protections "eviscerated any possible inference of Appellant's guilt arising from the use of an anonymous jury"
United States v. Thomas
757 F.2d 1359 (2d Cir. 1985) Cited 299 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that, where magistrate, "whose duty it is to interpret the law," determined that canine sniff could form basis for probable cause, "it was reasonable for the officer to rely on this determination"
U.S. v. Aulicino
44 F.3d 1102 (2d Cir. 1995) Cited 200 times
Holding that "in cases where the acts of the defendant or the enterprise were inherently unlawful, such as murder or obstruction of justice, and were in pursuit of inherently unlawful goals ... courts generally have concluded that the requisite threat of continuity was adequately established"
U.S. v. Paccione
949 F.2d 1183 (2d Cir. 1991) Cited 175 times
Finding that a "deficiency" with one predicate act did not require reversal of the RICO convictions because the remaining eight predicate acts "suffer[ed] no defects"
U.S. v. Amuso
21 F.3d 1251 (2d Cir. 1994) Cited 137 times
Holding that where evidence of flight passes "threshold inquiry of relevance, the accepted technique is for the judge to receive the evidence and permit the defendant to bring in evidence in denial or explanation" (internal quotation marks and alterations omitted)

USA v. Mustafa et al

21 Cited authorities

Holding that requiring a defendant to wear prison clothes at trial violates due process

Holding that the government may respond to attacks on the credibility of its witnesses

Holding that aggregation of narcotics amounts across multiple transactions is permissible so long as the transactions form part of "single continuing scheme"

Holding that district court cannot impose fine on indigent defendant when future ability to pay is based merely on chance, such as winning lottery

Holding that a mental state is not “relevant conduct” for purposes of applying the terrorism enhancement

Holding that the court's "careful instruction" about the need for the protections "eviscerated any possible inference of Appellant's guilt arising from the use of an anonymous jury"

Holding that, where magistrate, "whose duty it is to interpret the law," determined that canine sniff could form basis for probable cause, "it was reasonable for the officer to rely on this determination"

Holding that "in cases where the acts of the defendant or the enterprise were inherently unlawful, such as murder or obstruction of justice, and were in pursuit of inherently unlawful goals ... courts generally have concluded that the requisite threat of continuity was adequately established"

Finding that a "deficiency" with one predicate act did not require reversal of the RICO convictions because the remaining eight predicate acts "suffer[ed] no defects"

Holding that where evidence of flight passes "threshold inquiry of relevance, the accepted technique is for the judge to receive the evidence and permit the defendant to bring in evidence in denial or explanation" (internal quotation marks and alterations omitted)