Legal Opinion
United States v. Ronald Joseph Puma, A/K/A Ronny Puma, Donnie K. Nichols, A/K/A Dead Weight and Dw, and Ernest Raymond Dodd, A/K/A Rd
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 29, 1991No. 90-1420PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Ronald Puma, Donnie Nichols, and Ernest Dodd appeal their convictions following a jury trial for conspiracy to produce, transport, and sell amphetamines in violation of federal narcotics statutes. They urge insufficiency of evidence to support their convictions, incorrect application of the sentencing guidelines, defective indictment, and errors in the admission of evidence.
We reject all defendants’ contentions except that we find that the trial court did not expressly find that Nichols could have reasonably foreseen that the conspiracy of which he was…
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