Legal Opinion
United States v. Lonnie Banks and Alexander Hepburn
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 4, 1973No. 72-3135PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge:
Hepburn and Banks were charged in a three-count indictment with conspiring to knowingly and intentionally possess with intent to distribute quantities of heroin and conspiring to knowingly and intentionally distribute the heroin, all in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, and with the substantive offenses of possessing with intent to distribute and of actually distributing 18.8 grams of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841.
A jury returned separate verdicts as to each defendant finding him guilty as to each count of the indictment.
On trial each of the defendants testified in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- William Clayton Pierce v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. James L. HarperCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Francis William GroesselCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Raymond Earl Foster v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1960
- United States v. Richard RussellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by15 opinions
- United States v. Nathan George DinitzCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Edward Rodriguez, A/K/A Rick, Thomas J. Albernaz, Peter Smigowski, and William John MartinsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Deral Gene Holman, Donald Bruce Holman, John Mallory ObertCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Garnell S. RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- United States v. CasamayorCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
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