Legal Opinion
Dennis Laverne English v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 13, 1993No. 92-3627PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Dennis Laverne English appeals from the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 habeas corpus petition. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
English was convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and of conspiracy to distribute cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. At trial, the chief evidence against English was the testimony of the arresting officers and of his co-conspirator, Terry Robinson. At the time of arrest, Robinson possessed a canister containing 15 rocks, or 4.9 grams of cocaine base. Officer White…
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