Legal Opinion

United States v. Don Charles Rowe Charlie McDougal Roger Wiley

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 25, 1997No. 96-40346PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

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This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction, entered on a jury verdict finding three defendants guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana. On the evidence presented, the jury could have found that an organization headed by Humberto Luna-Diaz transported over 500 kilos of cocaine and 2 tons of marijuana to cities in Texas, Florida, and Indiana. Defendants Don Rowe, Charlie McDougal, and Roger Wiley were truck drivers recruited by Luna-Diaz and George Null, his lieutenant. Luna-Diaz would procure the drugs, and Null would coordinate the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Gomez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  3. United States v. Timothy Wayne ShannonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
  4. United States v. William DrogeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. United States v. VegaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
  2. United States v. Jimmy Lee Rasco Marcus A. MiltonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
  3. Thomas v. WhitworthCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
  4. Alisha Marie Drake v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
  5. AZUCENA (JOSE) VS. STATENevada Supreme Court · 2019

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