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Furthermore, even to the extent that Adams's and Cajuste's testimony supported the conspiracy conviction as opposed to only the conviction for possession with intent to distribute, the government presented sufficient additional evidence supporting the conspiracy conviction that the opinion testimony was cumulative and unlikely to have influenced the verdict.

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case /f3d/933/0501-01
  name United States v. Buchanan
  cite 933 F.3d 501 (2019)
  court United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  date 2019-07-31
  url catalog/cases/f3d/volume_933/0501_01/index.html
  source ir/caselaw/f3d_933.jsonl sha1=caca08f60e4803134e6d5ed94ea919647b1c6e97 chars=51761

law 21usc846
  role background
  posture Jury conviction appeal; evidentiary-instruction and sentencing issues
  result mixed

element agreement : not-reached
  scope procedural
  variant evidentiary-error/corroborating-shipment-coordination
  fact @23223..23429 [supports] | For example, Hobbs testified that during the time he was in the car with Buchanan driving around and searching for the missing package, Buchanan repeatedly spoke with someone on the phone about the package.
  fact @23545..23653 [supports] | Hobbs also testified that he sent Buchanan lists of addresses to which Buchanan then had packages delivered.
  held @20325..20685 | Furthermore, even to the extent that Adams's and Cajuste's testimony supported the conspiracy conviction as opposed to only the conviction for possession with intent to distribute, the government presented sufficient additional evidence supporting the conspiracy conviction that the opinion testimony was cumulative and unlikely to have influenced the verdict.
  gloss The court assesses cumulative evidence and prejudice from omitted expert instructions under plain-error review. This is not coded as a fresh merits sufficiency finding.

misfit Evidence adequate to make an error nonprejudicial need not be equated with a separately reviewed element. The source distinguishes admitted substantive possession/distribution from contested conspiracy.
misfit Claimant outcome refers to the prosecuting government, not the defendant-appellant; remanded and mixed retain unresolved or split dispositions.