Legal Opinion
United States v. Coleman
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 7, 1990No. 89-1704PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Venita Coleman, Deetra Kindle, Ella Ter-rill, and Elana Terrill (appellees) were each charged with one count of conspiracy and at least one count of distribution of cocaine within one thousand feet of a schoolyard in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 845a(a). In exchange for their promises of future cooperation, the prosecutor agreed to drop all counts except for at least one count against each appellee of distributing cocaine within one thousand feet of a school. Although the government agreed to inform the district court of appellees’ cooperation, it consistently refused to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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3Cited by65 opinions
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- United States v. Thomas Tyson ConnerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
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