Legal Opinion
United States v. Jon Harold Royal
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 30, 1992No. 91-8471PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUHÉ, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Jon Harold Royal appeals both his conviction of conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute it and his sentence. We affirm both.
I
Royal met David LeBoeuf in 1977 and sometime thereafter they began trafficking methamphetamine together in the Houston area. By 1983, the two were trafficking cocaine, with Royal supplying the drug to LeBoeuf for resale. In 1985, Royal was arrested for selling cocaine to an undercover agent. He pled guilty to federal drug charges and was imprisoned upon his guilty plea in April 1986. While imprisoned, Royal enlisted LeBoeuf…
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