Legal Opinion
United States v. Witek
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 17, 1995No. 92-3135PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACK, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Ralston Wright was convicted of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise (CCE) under 21 U.S.C.A § 848 (West Supp. 1995). We must decide whether the Government presented sufficient evidence to prove Wright’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.1 We conclude that it did not, and vacate Wright’s CCE conviction.
I. BACKGROUND
In late 1991 and early 1992, Ralston Wright and his girlfriend, Appellant Claudette Hubbard, sold narcotics from their residence in Cocoa, Florida. Wright and Hubbard would obtain powdered cocaine and marijuana in Dallas, Texas, process most of…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- United States v. PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- United States v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- United States v. William W. Stevenson, Willie GreerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
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