overdose

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5027 Jovan Marquis Harris v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP burrage-v-united-states causation-of-harm criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution evidentiary-hearing federal-statute heroin-distribution jury-instruction jury-instructions overdose sentencing-enhancement 1. Did the trial court err when it refused to instruct the jury that the heroin distributed by the defendant was the same heroin that caused the vict…
21-5595 Jovan Marquis Harris v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP burrage-standard burrage-v-united-states causation criminal-law criminal-statute drug-crimes drug-distribution due-process overdose proximate-cause sentencing sentencing-enhancement 1.) WHETHER, FOR PURPOSES OF TITLE 21 U.S.C. §841(A)(1) AND (B)(1) (C)'S ENHANCED PENALTY "IF DEATH RESULTS " FROM THE USE OF A SUBSTANCE, REQUIRES P…