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US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Opinions | United States v. Mason | Docket: 18-3056 Opinion Date: March 6, 2020 Judge: Thomas Beall Griffith Areas of Law: Criminal Law | The DC Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for conspiracy to deal heroin and other drugs. The court held that defendant has failed to demonstrate prejudice from the government's belated disclosure of a handwritten letter tending to impeach a government witness, and thus his Brady claim failed; the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's motion for severance; the indictment's allegation that defendant and his codefendant conspired to distribute drugs made joinder of their trials proper; and refusing to disclose the names of his customers disqualified defendant from taking advantage of the safety valve. | |
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