Legal Opinion

United States v. Thiery M. Buege

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided June 20, 1978No. 77-2298PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Thiery M. Buege was found guilty in a jury trial of violating 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 by unlawfully possessing with intent to distribute ten ounces of cocaine for which she received an eighteen-month sentence. Defendant appeals from both the judgment of conviction and the sentence.

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2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. United States v. John FlanneryCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1971
  5. United States v. Marcia Lyon and Anton LysczykCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1968

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. United States v. HastingSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. MurtishawCalifornia Supreme Court · 1981
  3. Charles D. Lema v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
  4. Richard Adams Hovey v. Robert L. Ayers, Jr., Acting Warden, California State Prison at San QuentinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
  5. United States v. Jerry ButlerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995

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