Legal Opinion
United States v. Charles Burman, United States of America v. Joseph Lewis Walker, United States of America v. Julia Walker
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 13, 1978No. 77-1792, 77-1794 and 77-1795PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge:
Joseph L. and Julia Walker, husband and wife, and Charles Robert Burman, Sr., appeal their convictions for conspiracy to violate narcotic laws under 21 U.S.C.A. § 846.
They raise numerous issues — only two of which we think require extensive comment. First, they allege a fatal variance between their indictment for participation in a single heroin distribution organization when, they contend, the government’s proof showed separate conspiracies for various transactions in heroin which were related only by its common distribution through a single Los Angeles group which…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. PerryCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. MotenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Marie Wiley and Nathaniel JamesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- United States v. DankertCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Fassette v. United StatesDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1978
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Bifulco v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. TarantinoCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- United States v. BrooksCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
- United States v. BanksCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Henry A. Crockett, United States of America v. Thressa CrewsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
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