Legal Opinion
United States v. Tommie Lee Newton and Willie Stokes
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 18, 1975No. 74--1560PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Defendants-appellants Tommie Lee Newton and Willie Stokes were tried and convicted on a single count of an indictment charging a violation of Title 21, U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). 1 The count charged that defendants “knowingly and intentionally did possess with intent to distribute approximately 1,077 grams [2.2 pounds] of a substance containing heroin, a Schedule I Narcotic Drug Controlled Substance.” Following defendants’ knowing written waiver of trial by jury, the case was tried to the court. Ms. Newton was sentenced to three years imprisonment with three years…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Elkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Burdeau v. McDowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Byars v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- United States v. Richard Norton Sherwin, Dba Marquis Publishing CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Elton K. Feffer and Richard R. AlterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Craig Chapman and Jack E. WrightCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
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