Legal Opinion
United States v. Fenton
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 4, 2004No. 03-1487PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
A federal grand jury in the District of Maine indicted defendant-appellant Coleman J. Fenton, Jr. on thirty-four counts stemming from his involvement in a drug-trafficking conspiracy. Following his conviction on thirty-one counts and the imposition of sentence, Fenton appeals. He mounts a multi-dimensional challenge, claiming (i) that a prejudicial variance occurred because the government’s proof showed multiple conspiracies rather than the single overarching conspiracy alleged in the indictment; (ii) that the district court erred both in allowing the joinder of counts…
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