Legal Opinion
United States v. Stone
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 22, 1998No. 96-3135PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Per curiam
BACKGROUND
All three defendants were charged in Count I of an eleven-count indictment with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, cocaine base, commonly known as crack cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846.1 Prior to the conclusion of trial, defendant Kelly Knight Stone (“Stone”) joined a co-defendant’s request that a lesser-included offense instruction be given the jury with respect to the crime of conspiracy to possess a controlled substance (cocaine base) with intent to distribute. The requested instruction was for conspiracy to possess a…
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