United States v. Jeffries

ORDER

OWENS, Chief Judge.

In thirteen counts of a thirty-four count indictment brought on December 10, 1987, defendant Jimmy Lee Jeffries was charged with several violations of federal law involving the sale and distribution of marijuana and cocaine, conspiracy to commit same, and the violation of federal income tax laws. On December 21, 1987, a hearing was held before Claude W. Hicks, Jr., United States Magistrate, on the United States’ motion for an order for pretrial detention of defendant. The magistrate issued such an order on that day, finding that defendant should be detained because he…