Legal Opinion
United States v. Frederick Leon Dotson, and Reginald Owens
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 1, 1987No. 85-4952PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDALL, Circuit Judge:
Defendants Frederick Leon Dotson and Reginald Owens appeal their convictions for conspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, and for distribution of and possession with intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841. Dotson further appeals his conviction for willfully attempting to evade payment of federal income taxes in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201. We affirm the convictions entered by the district court.
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The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (“MBN”) began in 1982 to investigate tips that defendant Dotson was running…
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