Legal Opinion
United States v. Dennis Smith
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 25, 1988No. 87-3158PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
This case concerns a direct appeal from a criminal conviction. On October 31, 1986, Dennis Smith flew from Newark, N.J. to the St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport in Florida. At the airport, Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agents, acting on information received from a Newark DEA agent, stopped Smith after he deplaned. Smith eventually handed over an envelope containing 60 vials of crack cocaine to the DEA agents.
On January 6, 1987, Smith was convicted by a jury of knowingly and intelligently possessing with intent to distribute five grams or more of a mixture…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- United States v. Amador Garcia, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by53 opinions
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