Legal Opinion

United States v. Johnny Williams A/K/A Doctor John

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided May 12, 1997No. 96-1043PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLOYD R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Johnny Williams of attempting to possess five or more kilograms of cocaine with the intent to distribute. See 21 U.S.C. ■§§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), 846 (1994). The district court 1 sentenced Williams to 121 months imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release. Williams raises several issues on appeal. First, Williams contends that the district court should have suppressed the fruits of the wiretap surveillance of Williams’s telephone line because the government failed to comply with the minimization requirements of 18 U.S.C. § 2518(5)…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Scott v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. United States v. WaltonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
  3. Gordon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  4. United States v. BrooksCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
  5. United States v. Walter BarnesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. United States v. Bahman Mansoori, Mark Cox, Mohammad Mansoori, Kenneth Choice, and Terry YoungCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
  2. United States v. Lavonne Roach, United States of America v. Rodney Jackson, United States of America v. Kevin Eagle TailCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
  3. United States v. YoungCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
  4. United States v. Padilla-PenaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
  5. United States v. Timothy Martin KendrickCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005

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