Legal Opinion

United States v. Scott Sheldon and Mitchell Paul Solomon

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 20, 1976No. 76-1679PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

Appellants appeal from their conviction on several counts of an indictment charging them with violations of narcotics laws. The indictment charged Solomon on all five counts of possession with intent to distribute, distribution, and with conspiring with Scott Sheldon to commit the substantive offenses. Sheldon was charged in two of the counts, of the conspiracy and the distribution of cocaine.

It is not dispúted that through the participation by both Solomon and Sheldon, a sale was completed by another co-defendant Leaman in the apartment of a further co-defendant Brock.…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. United States v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  4. Quercia v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  5. Hampton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Bobby Lee Moore v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  2. People v. ClarkCalifornia Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Joseph Bennard Nichols v. Wayne Scott, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
  4. George Guy Derden, III v. Sheriff Sammie McNeel and Attorney General--State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
  5. United States v. Darryl Gordon Hickman and Fred McArthur HeadCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979

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