Legal Opinion
United States v. Paul Manfredi, George Weggers, and Emory Butner
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 26, 1984No. 81-1359, 81-1360 and 81-1681PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWNING, Chief Judge:
Butner, Manfredi and Weggers appeal from convictions for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, distribution of cocaine, and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846 (1976) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (1976). We affirm.
Agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), cooperating with officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), investigated cocaine trafficking in the Bellingham, Washington area. James Ballendine, an RCMP undercover agent, assumed the identity of a “middle level drug trafficker from Vancouver,” and in…
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