Legal Opinion
United States v. William Michael Elam, Richard Victor Jennings, Jr., George Anthony Seek and William Lykergus Miller, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 21, 1982No. 81-1042PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN V. PARKER, District Judge:
On March 21, 1980, in a single-count indictment filed in the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, eighteen persons, including appellants William Michael Elam, Victor Jennings, Jr., and William Lykergus Miller, Jr., were charged with conspiring to import and to distribute imported marijuana and possession of the contraband with intent to distribute it in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963 and § 846.
Following a jury trial of these four defendants only, 1 guilty verdicts were returned against each of them. The district court denied motions for new trials made by…
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