Legal Opinion

United States v. Gerald Elwood, A/K/A Nap, William Barnes, Jr. And Ernest Marrero

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided October 18, 1993No. 92-3235PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POLITZ, Chief Judge:

On this appeal we consider the Beechum 1 findings made on remand by the trial court, together with a sentencing issue raised by Gerald Elwood which was not reached on the prior appeal because of the remand. The operative facts are detailed in our prior opinion, 993 F.2d 1146 (5th Cir.1993). For present purposes we note merely that Elwood and three other males departed his hotel room in LaPlace, Louisiana with over 2000 grams of cocaine. Two carried the cocaine in a car while Elwood and another, both carrying firearms, followed in an armor-plated pickup truck. When police…

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. United States v. Orange Jell BeechumCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  3. United States v. Arlan Lamar RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  4. United States v. Billy Wayne Anderson, Jerry Dennis Thomas, Michael Lynn Thomas, and Larry Austin ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
  5. United States v. Richard Young AlfaroCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. United States v. DabeitCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
  2. United States v. Nicholas HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012
  3. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bruce R. WEST, Sr., Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
  4. United States v. Edmundo ZunigaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2013
  5. United States v. Billie Mac Jobe, Stephen Taylor, Philip Mark Sutton, Stanley Pruet Jobe, and Fernando NovoaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996

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