Legal Opinion

United States v. Derek Shelton Littlefield, United States of America v. Johnny D. Bone

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 15, 1979No. 78-1813, 78-1814PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MATTHES, Senior Circuit Judge.

Derek Shelton Littlefield and Johnny D. Bone were jointly indicted, tried and found guilty of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 and 846. 1 Named in the indictment as coconspirators, but not as defendants, were Robert Lawrence Shafer and Richard DeWayne Zumbro. Both unindicted coconspirators testified for the government. Each admitted his involvement and implicated both Littlefield and Bone in the conspiracy. The two defendants retained the same attorney who represented them in the district court and who filed…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Pinkerton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  3. Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  5. United States v. Michael BellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. United States v. RiccobeneCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
  2. United States v. Cedric L. RouletteCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
  3. United States v. Tillman J. Bentley, United States of America v. Nathan PlattCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
  4. United States v. Joseph EvansCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
  5. United States v. Don C. Davis, United States of America v. Daniel M. BurkeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992

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