Legal Opinion
United States v. Vital
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 18, 1995No. 94-40412PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:
Convicted on a guilty plea of possession with intent to distribute 27.7 grams of cocaine and sentenced to 78 months imprisonment, Junious Louis Vital appeals his sentence. Finding no error, we affirm.
FACTS
On January 30, 1991, an undercover police officer negotiated with Junious Louis Vital (“Vital”) for the sale of one ounce of cocaine. Vital instructed the officer to meet him at an apartment in Beaumont, Texas. While at the apartment, Vital showed the officer five individual plastic bags containing cocaine. The police officer purchased one of the bags,…
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