Legal Opinion
United States v. Charles A. Covington
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 8, 1998No. 97-2604PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Charles Covington was convicted of one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (1994), and one count of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1994). Covington appeals his convictions and sentence, making several claims of error. We affirm the convictions but remand for resen-tencing.
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In June 1996 Charles Covington and Floyd Woods, two Alton, Illinois, residents, agreed to travel to California to buy crack cocaine from a man Covington knew named “Tank,” a…
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