Legal Opinion
United States v. Elbert L. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 23, 2002No. 01-3010PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
After Elbert L. Johnson was discovered transporting more than 2,200 pounds of cocaine, he was prosecuted and convicted by a jury of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846, and possession with intent to distribute, § 841(a)(1). He was sentenced by the dis- triet court 1 to thirty years. On appeal, he argues that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated by the search of his truck at a weigh station and that there was insufficient evidence to support his convictions. We affirm.
The case against Johnson began after he stopped at a truck weigh station…
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