Legal Opinion
United States v. Melvin Marable
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 14, 1978No. 77-5412PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:
The defendant Melvin Marable appeals his conviction after trial to a jury for conspiring to possess cocaine with intent to distribute it, in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 846, and to distribute it, in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 841(a)(1). This court recently affirmed an earlier conviction of Marable for conspiracy to possess and to distribute heroin. United States v. Marable, 574 F.2d 224 (5th Cir. 1978). On the present appeal Marable contends that the government arbitrarily has carved a single conspiracy to deal in narcotics into separate heroin and cocaine…
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