Legal Opinion
United States v. Terry Sawyers
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 14, 1990No. 89-6028PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Defendant, Terry Sawyers, was convicted of knowingly and intentionally manufacturing 1,251 marijuana plants in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). On appeal, Sawyers claims several errors were committed in the district court: (1) a continuance was denied; (2) his request for a special verdict was denied; (3) an Allen 1 charge given to the jury was coercive; (4) the Allen charge was given by a magistrate rather than the judge; (5) the prosecution under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) was improper because interstate commerce was not implicated; and (6) the trial court…
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3Cited by52 opinions
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