Legal Opinion
United States v. Joe Douglas Helton
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 12, 2003No. 02-5536PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
In this, his second appeal from the same conviction, Joe Douglas Helton challenges the consecutive sentences he received for: (1) possession of ten grams of cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); (2) use of a firearm during and in relation to a drug-trafficking offense in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c); and (3) possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). For the reasons that follow, we AFFIRM.
I. BACKGROUND
In 1999, from June 2 to June 3, Helton and three others (Harold Dean McCarty (“McCarty”), Mildred Stanley…
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3Cited by28 opinions
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