Legal Opinion
United States v. Roosevelt Simms, Iii, United States of America v. Edwin Dwane Ricketts
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 10, 1994No. 93-2556, 93-2623PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALSOP, Senior District Judge.
Roosevelt Simms and Edwin Ricketts were convicted by a jury of possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of a substance containing cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(l)(A)(iii). Simms was also convicted of using a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). The district court 1 sentenced Simms to 264 months on the possession charge and 60 months on the gun charge, to be served consecutively. Ricketts was sentenced to 292 months. Simms and Ricketts appeal their convictions and…
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