United States v. William M. Percival, Carolyn Allen Percival, Randy L. Middleton, Defendants

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Defendants-appellants William M. Percival, his wife Carolyn Allen Percival, and Randy L. Middleton were convicted under 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846, following a jury trial, for conspiring to distribute cocaine. The Percivals were given twelve-year sentences; Middleton got fourteen years. William Percival was also convicted of possession with intent to distribute marijuana and hashish, for which he was sentenced to five years imprisonment, to run concurrently with his sentence on the conspiracy count.

On appeal, defendants allege that the trial court erred in refusing to…