United States v. Shawn Smith
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
LaMonte Watson, Shawn Smith, and Issac Meeks were each convicted of various crimes related to a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and heroin. They now raise a variety of arguments for reversal of their convictions and sentences. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the district court’s judgment in its entirety.
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Beginning in 2010, the FBI began wiretapping telephones belonging to Smith and Watson as part of an investigation of a drug conspiracy in Flint, Michigan. They learned that Watson was supplying Smith with heroin and cocaine, which Smith was…
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