Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Pena v. United States

456 U.S. 978

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1982-05-17
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • use of heroin relevant to showing detectives’ relationship to the drug transaction and to the other participants
  • evidence of heroin transaction involving one codefendant, where both were charged only with separate cocaine transaction, was admissible to establish the close relationship between the two defendants

Citator

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C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.