Legal Opinion

United States v. Richard E. Schuster, M.D.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided November 26, 1985No. 84-4705PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POLITZ, Circuit Judge.

Richard E. Schuster, M.D., convicted of one conspiracy and 19 substantive counts for the unlawful dispensing and distributing of controlled substances in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1), appeals, assigning multiple errors. Although some assignments of error are meritorious, no challenge constitutes reversible error; accordingly, we affirm the convictions.

Facts

A proper disposition of several of the issues raised requires a detailed factual background. In mid-1981 agents of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Mississippi Bureau of…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. United States v. Jose Avalos and Rudolfo CastrillonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  2. United States v. David Joe MasseyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
  3. United States v. Harry H. Nance, United States of America v. Leon Stelly, United States of America v. Taybren LeeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
  4. United States v. Melvin R. JenningsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
  5. United States v. Aurora Canales and Elia GarciaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tony Davis BALLARD, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
  2. United States v. Wilton A. Welch, Jr., and Wilton A. Welch, IIICourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
  3. United States v. Alberto Arturo Ortega-Mena, Eulices Rivas-Cordova, Jose Antonio Torres-Tirado and Ecchehomo Velgar-ViveroCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
  4. United States v. Jose Luis Aviles-AlvarezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
  5. United States v. Richard E. Schuster, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985

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