Legal Opinion
United States v. Leland Wayne Long, and Benjamin Charles Smith
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 30, 1982No. 81-7290PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
At trial below a jury convicted Benjamin Charles Smith and Leland Wayne Long for violations of criminal drug laws and convicted Smith for violations of criminal aviation laws as well. They appeal. We affirm.
I. FACTS
We review these facts on appeal in the light most favorable to the government. See Glasser v. United States, 315 U.S. 60, 80, 62 S.Ct. 457, 469, 86 L.Ed. 680 (1942).
In 1979, Smith moved to Georgia, where he lived under an alias and where he and his wife purchased adjoining tracts of land in an isolated rural area. The following year he purchased an airplane,…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Rawlings v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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