Legal Opinion
United States v. Meader
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 14, 1997No. 96-2123PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Appellant Kenneth Leon Meader was convicted on all three counts of an indictment charging him with distributing cocaine, using a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking crime, and being a felon-in-possession of a firearm. He essentially raises two claims on appeal, one involving possible juror bias and the other concerning his sentencing as a career criminal based on prior convictions for unlawful sexual contact and intercourse with a minor. After careful review, we affirm.
I. Factual Background
The facts of the crime are largely irrelevant to the issues we…
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