United States v. Walter Williams

TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.

Appellant Walter Williams was convicted in a jury trial in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, on three counts charging violations of the narcotics laws. Count II charged Williams with importing cocaine into the United States in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 952(a) 1 and 18 U.S.C. § 2. 2 Count III charged that Williams and co-defendant Lisa Anne Schlingerman 3 conspired with Richard Paul Thompson and Eugene Van Drasek 4 to import cocaine into the United States in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 952(a) and 21 U.S.C. § 846. 5 Count IV charged…