Legal Opinion
United States v. William Hawkins
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 5, 1996No. 95-2232PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
After a jury found William Hawkins guilty of five counts of cocaine distribution in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a), the district court 1 sentenced him to 63 months’ imprisonment on each count, to be served concurrently, and four years’ supervised release. Hawkins appeals his conviction and sentence. We affirm.
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