Legal Opinion
United States v. Darnell Williams
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 28, 1987No. 86-4679PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Darnell Williams appeals from his conviction following a jury trial on three counts of intentionally distributing cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). We affirm.
I
In early 1984, Sergeant Shirlene Anderson of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics asked Allen Pearson, who had worked undercover for the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation since 1980, to infiltrate a ma jor cocaine trafficking ring in the Green-ville, Mississippi, area. Pearson did so, posing as a small-time drug dealer to gain the trust of the leaders of…
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