UNITED STATES v. HALL

No. 76-1140.

552 F.2d 273 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald Hugh HALL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 12, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig Mehrens, Phoenix, Ariz., argued, Mehrens & Pearce, Phoenix, Ariz., for defendant-appellant.

Michael B. Scott, Asst. U. S. Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., Thomas N. Crowe, Asst. U. S. Atty., argued, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WRIGHT and WALLACE, Circuit Judges, and BURNS, District Judge.


WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

Hall was convicted of three counts of distributing cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b). Hall claims that the district judge improperly defined cocaine to the jury and refused to instruct the jury on his theory of the case. He also claims that the district judge erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal. We affirm.

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Hall's challenges to the guilty verdict are based upon one central contention...

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