Legal Opinion
United States v. Joe Lee Ashley, A/K/A John Doe, Gwenniece Leveritte, and James A. Small
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 24, 1977No. 76-3312PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted the appellants of various drug-related offenses. All three were convicted of conspiracy to distribute heroin. U.S.C. Tit. 21 § 846. Leveritte was also found guilty of possession and Small was convicted of distribution. U.S.C. Tit. 21 §§ 841(a)(1); 844(a). Despite ably presented attacks on the handling of the trial and the sentencing hearing, we affirm.
THE FACTS
On November 25, 1975, DEA agent Ellis Dean, accompanied by an informant named John Casey, went to the Bunny Club in Pensacola, Florida. Casey telephoned Larry Dortch and asked him to come to the…
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