Legal Opinion
United States v. James Willis Roberts
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 12, 1980No. 79-1396PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENLEY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the government from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (District Judge William R. Collinson) suppressing as evidence two lots of marijuana which had come into the possession of the government and which it planned to use as evidence in the trial of the defendant, James Willis Roberts, who had been indicted on two counts of possession of the drug with intent to distribute it. The charges were brought under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). We have jurisdiction of the appeal by virtue of 18 U.S.C. § 3731.
The appeal…
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