Legal Opinion
United States v. Paul A. Groves, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 20, 1978No. 77-1116PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KILKENNY, Circuit Judge:
Appellant was convicted in a court trial of violating 21 U.S.C. § 846 [conspiracy to distribute marihuana], 21 U.S.C. §§ -841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B) [possession of marihuana with intent to distribute], and 18 U.S.C. § 2 [aiding and abetting]. We reverse.
BACKGROUND
Briefly stated, the record and stipulated facts reveal an ongoing investigation of marihuana trafficking between California and Canada by agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA] from November of 1975 to January of 1976. On January 2,1976, one of the DEA agents received a phone message from a…
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