Legal Opinion
United States v. Roosevelt Theodore Becton, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 11, 1985No. 84-1311PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Roosevelt Theodore Becton stands convicted of conducting a continuing criminal enterprise 1 (Count I), two Travel Act 2 violations (Counts III and IV), and possession of cocaine 3 (Count VI, a misdemeanor). The district court 4 sentenced him to twenty-five years’ imprisonment (without parole) on Count I and fined him $25,000. In addition, the court imposed lesser concurrent prison terms on the other counts, 5 plus fines totalling an additional $25,000. Bec-ton appeals. We affirm the conviction on Counts I, III, and VI and reverse on Count IV, the second Travel Act…
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