Legal Opinion
United States v. Spires
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 12, 2011No. 09-3663PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
A jury found Ambrose Rayshawn Spires, also known as Ambrose Spries, guilty of possession with intent to distribute 50 or more grams of cocaine base (“crack”), in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A), and conspiracy to distribute 50 or more grams of crack, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(b)(1)(A). The jury found Spires not guilty of possession of a firearm in furtherance of the above drug trafficking crimes, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), and possession of a firearm by a felon, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). Based on Spires’s two prior felony drug…
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