CASE PREVIEW · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States v Johnson
Preserved challenge to substantive indictment amendment without grand-jury approval
Decided
The citation
United States v Johnson, opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, issued October 27, 2026 (Case No. 25-3691)
From the case summary
After a traffic stop, police found heroin and cocaine in Johnson’s car, and he went to trial on drug-trafficking charges. Testing showed that all but half a gram of the cocaine originally charged as crack was powder. The government sought, and the district court allowed…
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