Legal Opinion
United States v. Anthony Ray Jefferson and Roosevelt Jefferson, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 29, 1991No. 90-8028, 90-8030PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
Appellants Anthony Ray Jefferson and Roosevelt Jefferson, Jr., were arrested in Wyoming after officers discovered eight ounces of cocaine base (more commonly known as crack) in the trunk of a car they were occupying. They were charged and convicted in federal court of possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a). The appellants have presented a number of important issues for this court to consider, impacting the sentencing phase as well as the guilt phase of their trial. Among these are: (1) whether a non-owner driver of a car…
2Cases cited51 opinions
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- California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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