Legal Opinion
United States v. Burns
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 29, 2002No. Nos. 00-5839, 00-5846, 00-5848, 00-5851 and 00-6020PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
In March of 2000, a federal-court jury found Antonio Burns, Anthony Harden, Jerome Harden, Jr., and Michael Jordon guilty of crimes related to a conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine base (crack cocaine). The defendants now appeal their convictions and sentences. Ml four defendants argue that the evidence at trial was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict, that the district court abused its discretion in permitting the government to use a computer-generated “Power Point” presentation during its opening statement, and that they were sentenced in…
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