Legal Opinion
United States v. Randall J. Lee, George Grindrod and Gregg Parker Lyell
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 3, 1983No. 80-5224PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
Gregg Parker Lyell, George Grindrod, and Randall J. Lee appeal their convictions under 21 U.S.C. §§ 960 and 963 for conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States. We affirm their convictions.
The bizarre story opens in late 1977 when defendant Lee commented to Luis Edwards Vergara that he was looking for a cocaine buyer. Vergara mentioned this conversation to a friend of his, Jim Brewer, who passed along the name and number of “Tony Wingo” (undercover agent Herb Williams) to defendant Lyell, who was acting in concert with Lee. Lyell called “Tony Wingo” and arranged a…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Murray Stein v. Reynolds Securities, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Nelson BellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Olga Valencia and William Suarez ValenciaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Charles T. Henderson, Jr., George Truitt Robbins and John B. Dees v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by32 opinions
- United States v. Richard Scott McLernon Kido Yaqui, Sherri Louise Farrell, Miguel Angel Carranza, and Marco Antonio Valdez-CotaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Thurnell Alston, Ervin BrennonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Barry MillsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- United States v. LeeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Richard Anthony Badolato, Dean Quarnstrom, and Richard VaughnCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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