Heroin overdose, drug deal cases go before Supreme Court

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Heroin overdose, drug deal cases go before Supreme Court

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/heroin-overdose-drug-deal-cases-u-supreme-court-202938002.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4bzui.v94u_54yIxSgnoOg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-12T203830Z_1_CBRE9AB1LCK00_RTROPTP_2_USA-COURT-GAYMARRIAGE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The United States Supreme Court is seen at dawn in Washington" align="left" title="The United States Supreme Court is seen at dawn in Washington" border="0" /></a>By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court took on cases involving a heroin overdose and a drug deal gone wrong on Tuesday as the justices weighed what prosecutors needed to prove in order to convict defendants of certain federal offenses. In both cases, the justices appeared unsure how to proceed as they considered the appeals of two criminal defendants, Marcus Burrage and Justus Rosemond. Burrage was convicted in a federal court in Iowa of distributing heroin that led to the death of a drug user while Rosemond was convicted in a Utah federal court of aiding and abetting the use of a firearm during drug trafficking.</p><br clear="all"/>

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