Legal Opinion
United States v. Wendell B. Rigsby
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 4, 1991No. 90-6127, 90-6128PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEITH, Circuit Judge.
Defendant, Wendell Brett Rigsby (“defendant”), appeals his conviction and sentence for: (1) manufacturing 1,000 or more marijuana plants, (2) using and carrying three firearms in relation to a drug trafficking offense, and (3) possessing an unregistered firearm shorter than 18 inches long. For the reasons stated below, we AFFIRM.
I. INTRODUCTION
A. The Facts
On July 17, 1989, law enforcement authorities with the Tennessee Governor’s Task Force on Marijuana Eradication ob served nine separate patches of marijuana by aerial surveillance in Van Burén County, Tennessee. The…
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