Legal Opinion
United States of America, Cross-Appellant v. Charles L. Smith, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 15, 1992No. 91-5207, 91-5343PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
A jury found Charles Smith guilty of manufacturing marijuana on his thirty-five acre farm in White Pine, Tennessee. The district court sentenced Smith to thirty-six months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered criminal forfeiture of three of the four tracts that, together, constitute Smith’s farm. Both Smith and the government appeal, contesting the prosecution of this case under federal law, the validity of the search of Smith’s farm, and the propriety of the district court’s sentencing and forfeiture order. We affirm Smith’s…
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