Legal Opinion
United States v. Carl Leslie Buggs
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 18, 1990No. 89-2130PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
A jury found the defendant, Carl Buggs, guilty of several narcotics and firearm offenses. Mr. Buggs was sentenced to four concurrent terms of nine years imprisonment on the drug charges, a concurrent term of nine years for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and a consecutive five year term for using or carrying a firearm in relation to a drug offense. Mr. Buggs challenges the convictions and the sentence imposed. We affirm.
I
BACKGROUND
A. Facts
Early in 1988, Carl Buggs traveled to Indianapolis, Indiana and met with a man named William Perry. Mr. Buggs proposed…
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