Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Curry v. United States

Curry v. United States, 423 U.S. 832 (1975)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1975-10-06
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • cannot convict of both distribution of heroin and lesser included offense of simple possession arising out of same facts
  • “The law does not require that a trial be free of error; it only requires that the trial be fair and free of prejudice to the defendant.”
  • traces of narcotics and narcotics related equipment seized after termination of conspiracy admissible

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Curry v. United States. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

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C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.