[DOWNLOAD] "United States v. Tingle" by Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: United States v. Tingle
- Author : Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 08, 1999
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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Argued December 8, 1998 A jury convicted Daphney Tingle of conspiring to distribute cocaine base and distributing cocaine base. On appeal, she argues that: the district court improperly denied her motion for a continuance of the trial; the evidence was insufficient to convict; the Eastern District of Wisconsin was an improper venue for her trial on the distribution charge; the district court erred in failing to grant a mistrial based on the government's use of perjurious testimony; and the jury instruction dealing with the testimony of witnesses was erroneous. Because the Eastern District of Wisconsin was not a proper venue, we reverse Tingle's conviction for distributing cocaine base, but affirm her conviction for conspiring to distribute cocaine base. I. Facts Beginning at least by 1995, Tingle ran a drug distribution business out of her home in Chicago, Illinois. Testimony from a co-conspirator--Eric Laws--indicated that Tingle would ""front"" him drugs, that is, sell drugs on credit. Laws, who lived and sold the drugs in Racine, Wisconsin, testified that he or his couriers would pick up cocaine from Tingle or her boyfriend ""Tutu"" at Tingle's home, and would transport it to Racine.