Legal Opinion
United States v. Cooks
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 27, 1995No. 94-40538, 94-40685PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Chief Judge:
Complaining of an improper limitation of the cross-examination of a government witness, Eddie Lee Cooks appeals the denial of a new trial following his convictions of conspiracy to distribute over 50 grams of cocaine base 1 and three substantive counts. 2 The codefendant, Artis Clemmons, was convicted of the same conspiracy and one substantive count but was granted a new trial for the cited challenge and the government appeals. Finding neither error nor abuse of discretion, we affirm.
Background
In January 1992, Clay Murray was arrested in Texas for state drug offenses…
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