Legal Opinion
United States v. Donnie Foster
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 6, 1989No. 88-8277PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
I. FACTS
HILL, Senior Circuit Judge:
A. The Conviction.
On September 30, 1987, DEA Agent Darrell Snider received a tip that three individuals would arrive later that day on an Eastern Airlines flight from Miami to the Savannah, Georgia Airport, carrying cocaine. These individuals were later identified as Donnie Foster (the defendant in this case), Stephanie Davis and Jeffrey Smith. Ms. Davis is Mr. Smith’s cousin and, purportedly, was Mr. Foster’s girlfriend. Their tickets — issued in the names of D. Jones, S. Jones, and J. Jackson — seated the three next to each other on the flight. The three…
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