Legal Opinion
United States v. Carlas M. Watson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 14, 1992No. 91-1917PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN SICKLE, Senior District Judge.
Carlas Watson appeals her convictions on drug and weapon charges. She argues that she did not violate 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846 because she did not knowingly or intentionally attempt to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, that she did not violate 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) because she did not use a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, and that the district court 1 erred in giving certain jury instructions.
We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On June 2, 1990, two drug couriers, Estella Mosley and Estella Bell, were stopped in Los Angeles as they attempted to…
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