Cocaine Importation Conviction Affirmed

In US v. Caruto, No. 09-50309, the court affirmed defendant’s conviction for importation of cocaine and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, 1) the district court’s instruction to the grand jury did not say that voting was jurors’ exclusive recourse or alter the basic message conveyed by the instruction approved in Navarro-Vargas; 2) even if the grand jury might have been misled, that error would not justify reversal of defendant’s conviction now; and 3) the entirety of the court’s instruction emphatically underscored the grand jury’s independent role.

Related Resources

  • Read the Ninth Circuit’s Decision in US v. Caruto, No. 09-50309

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