Legal Opinion
United States v. Brian Keith Mills, (Two Cases). United States of America v. Benjamin Ronald Scales
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 28, 1993No. 92-5231, 92-5287 and 92-5491PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
POTTER, District Judge:
The Defendant-Appellant contends that the District Court erred:
1.In denying Appellant Scales’ motion for judgment of acquittal on count one.
2. By refusing to provide Appellant Scales with a jury instruction concerning multiple conspiracies and the buyer-seller defense.
3. By admitting evidence of Mills’ past drug transactions.
4. In denying Mills’ motion to dismiss an indictment founded on testimony before the grand jury which misidentified another co-conspirator as Mills.
5. In computing Appellants’ foreseeable quantities of drugs and in refusing to give them…
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