Legal Opinion
United States v. Sherman Harris, Johnny Lewis Holt, Ernest Wilcox, Jr., John Williams, Jr., Bernard Turner
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 5, 1983No. 82-8622PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS R. MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge:
The appellants, Sherman Harris, Johnny Lewis Holt, Bernard Turner, Ernest Wilcox, Jr., and John Williams, were convicted by a jury in the Northern District of Georgia on a single count of conspiracy to possess heroin and cocaine with the intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. The evidence at trial established that each of the appellants operated as a “retail” distributor of illegal drugs for a network managed in New York by Carolyn Wade and numerous others. Wade’s group obtained the drugs from Richard Sheridan. Carolyn Wade was charged in…
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