Legal Opinion
United States v. Chastain
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 30, 1999No. 97-5208PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALAIMO, Senior District Judge:
Appellants, James Glen Chastain, Larry Gene Hopkins, Clyde Morris, and Edwin Berle Rucks, Jr., appeal the jury verdict and the district court’s subsequent sentencing for various narcotic offenses in connection with the attempted importation of marijuana into the United States. The jury found the Appellants and one additional co-defendant 1 guilty of all the crimes charged in the five-count indictment. The counts were as follows: Count I charged all four Appellants and co-defendant Beatty with conspiracy to import marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a) 2…
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