Legal Opinion
United States v. Ethel Mae Merryman and Kenneth Darrell Brown
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 18, 1980No. 79-1405, 79-1406PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.
Defendants were convicted of possession with intent to distribute marijuana and for aiding and abetting in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. The cause was tried to a jury. Verdicts of guilty were returned and the matter is before us on appeal. The sentences were a term of imprisonment of five years with a special parole term of two years to follow.
Defendants were arrested on February 1, 1979, after they had stopped their pickup truck at a filling station near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.
Just prior to approaching a checkpoint operated…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. Brignoni-PonceSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by57 opinions
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- State v. DeskinsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1983
- United States v. Nicholas Anthony MocciaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
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