Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas Burgess
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 22, 1982No. 81-5314PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
Burgess is a Vietnam war veteran who suffered stressful experiences during his stay in that country, among them direct participation in the battle of the Plain of Reeds. Following his return to the United States and discharge from the Army, he was engaged, in May of 1981, in activities which led to a prosecution in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on charges of (a) conspiracy to distribute cocaine,1 (b) distribution of cocaine,2 and (c) using a telephone to facilitate the distribution of cocaine.3
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2Cases cited27 opinions
- Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. Thomas A. Warren, John L. Warren, Jr., Des. E. Schick and David DefinaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. StirlingCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- United States v. William Herbert Greene, IIICourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Jose Luis Oropeza and Mark James MintonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- United States v. Gregory Jacen SykesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
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