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Type
Opinion
Filed
May 23, 2019
Case
United States v. Pauling
Case status
Decided

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Chin, Circuit Judge: In this case, a jury convicted defendant-appellee John Pauling of conspiring to distribute or possess with the intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. The parties agree that the government was required to prove that the heroin in question was the subject of a conspiracy between Pauling and one of his suppliers, referred to as "Low" (the "Pauling-Low conspi…

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