United States v. John Ellis Lawson

SCHATZ, District Judge.

Appellant is here on appeal from his conviction on Count II of a two-count indictment charging him with knowingly and intentionally distributing a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S. C. § 841(a)(1). The jury failed to return a verdict on Count I of the indictment which was based on a similar violation on an earlier date.

On appeal, Lawson assigns the following errors:

1) The district court erred in giving an instruction on circumstantial evidence in conjunction with one on reasonable doubt, thereby confusing and misleading the jury and;'

2) The district court…