Legal Opinion
United States v. Wallace
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1978No. Nos. 77-1558, 77-1526, 77-1567 and 77-1698PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBSON, Chief Judge.
This case involves an unsuccessful scheme for the sale of approximately 205 pounds of marijuana, which culminated in the criminal convictions under both Arkansas and federal law of Robert Wallace, Don Mitchell, Gerald Dixon and Thomas Fortenberry. All four defendants appeal their federal convictions.
On January 14, 1976, Trooper Jerry Roberts of the Arkansas State Police discussed a possible purchase of marijuana with several of the defendants at Dixon’s Exxon Service Station in Sheridan, Arkansas. During the first discussion on that date, Mitchell and Dixon, CB aficionados…
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