Legal Opinion

United States v. Frank Dickerson, A.K.A. Lane, A.K.A. Frank Dixon

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided April 26, 2001No. 98-5829PublishedCited by 80 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RESTANI, Judge:

Frank Dickerson (“Dickerson”) appeals his conviction of conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (1994). In his appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, Dickerson alleges prosecu-torial misconduct, improper refusal by the District Court to strike a juror for cause, erroneous evidentiary rulings, an unlawfully coercive Allen charge given to the jury, and insufficient evidence to support conviction under the present charge. We affirm.

I. Facts

From early 1988 Albert Nelson (“Nelson”) operated a cocaine distribution…

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