UNITED STATES v. MARABLE

No. 77-5413.

574 F.2d 224 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvin MARABLE and Douglas E. Jones, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Byrne, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., Herbert Shafer, Atlanta, Ga., for Marable.

Mark J. Kadish, Atlanta, Ga., for Jones.

William L. Harper, U.S. Atty., Robert A. Boas, Asst. U.S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, COLEMAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

MULTI PARTY-MULTI ATTACK

Melvin Marable, Douglas Jones, Horace Jones, and Clarence Cole, Jr. were jointly indicted in a three-count indictment for drug offenses.

Count 1 charged all four men with conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin.

Count 2 charged Horace Jones with the substantive offense of distributing heroin.

Count 3 charged that Clarence Cole, Jr. and Douglas...

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