Legal Opinion
United States v. Roy Lee Pierce, James Evans
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 14, 1990No. 88-2985PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION
Before GOLDBERG, POLITZ and JONES, Circuit Judges. EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Roy Lee Pierce and James Evans were convicted in the district court on drug trafficking charges arising from a conspiracy to ship cocaine from Los Ange-les, California for distribution in Tyler, Texas. A jury found Pierce guilty of conspiring to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and possessing cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Evans pled guilty to a conspiracy charge during trial. Both Pierce and Evans raise numerous challenges to…
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