Legal Opinion
United States v. James Maarvin Hawkins
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 20, 2019No. 17-11560PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANTOON, District Judge:
A jury found James Marvin Hawkins and Wallace Eugene McCree, III, guilty of conspiring to distribute cocaine and committing other related offenses. In this consolidated appeal, Hawkins and McCree challenge their convictions and sentences on multiple grounds. They principally argue that the Government's main witness-George Russell, the lead case agent-gave improper opinion testimony at trial. Although the rest of Hawkins's and McCree's arguments are without merit or need not be reached, we conclude that the allowance of Agent Russell's testimony-which was speculative and…
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