Legal Opinion
United States v. James Franklin Ray, United States of America v. James Franklin Ray
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 23, 1991No. 89-10218, 89-10255PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Chief Judge:
James Franklin Ray appeals his conviction for one count of conspiring to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine and one count of manufacturing methamphetamine. He challenges the admission of a welfare fraud investigator’s testimony concerning certain documents in his welfare file and contends that there was insufficient evidence to sustain his conviction. We affirm the conviction.
On cross-appeal, the government argues that the district court erroneously departed downward from the sentencing guidelines. The district court departed downward because the Ninth Circuit’s…
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