Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Keenan v. United States

Keenan v. United States, 488 U.S. 831 (1988)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1988-10-03
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • “[W]here the evidence would be insufficient to warrant a jury charge on the defense [it is] excluded at trial ...”
  • defendants forced at airport to transport cocaine by threats, a rape, and constant surveillance failed to show a lack of reasonable opportunity to escape

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C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.