Legal Opinion
United States v. Maurice Buford
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 24, 1997No. 96-3244PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KYLE, District Judge.
A jury convicted Maurice Buford (“Buford”) of possession of cocaine base with the intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and of knowingly and intentionally using a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking offense, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1). 2 The district court sentenced him to ninety-seven months. 3 Buford challenges both his conviction and his sentence. We affirm.
I. Background
On November 17, 1994, officers from the Des Moines, Iowa police department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) executed a search warrant on a Des…
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