Legal Opinion
United States v. Rutherford
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 13, 1999No. 96-4520PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge:
Anthony Rutherford received three concurrent life sentences upon his conviction for conspiracy, possession and distribution of cocaine. 21 U.S.C. sections 846 and 841(a)(1). On appeal, he asserts several issues, only three of which we discuss here:(1) Whether the district court should have ordered disclosure of the confidential informants’ names. On this issue, we remand to the district court.(2) Whether the government’s notice of its intent to seek a statutory sentence enhancement under 21 U.S.C. section 851 was inadequate due to failure to specify the crimes it…
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