Legal Opinion
United States v. Wayne Ladell Stroupe
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 17, 1976No. 75-1952PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:
Wayne Ladell Stroupe, appealing a judgment that convicted him of dealing in amphetamine, assigns as error the district court’s denial of his motion for a judgment of acquittal. We reverse because, aside from inadmissible hearsay statements of a co-defendant, the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction.
Stroupe was charged, along with Randy James Wright, with possessing amphetamine with the intent to distribute it on February 13,1975, in Gastonia, North Carolina (Count III); distributing the drug on the same date at the same place (Count IV); and conspiring…
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