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UNITED STATES v. FITTS

No. 80-1416.

635 F.2d 664 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Lafayette FITTS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Bell, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Robert D. Kingsland, U. S. Atty., Pamela H. Bucy, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before ROSS, Circuit Judge, GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and HENLEY, Circuit Judge.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by Lafayette Fitts of his conviction in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri for violating 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) through the illegal sale of a controlled substance. Fitts was indicted, along with Tyler Wash, for the sale of approximately seven grams of cocaine. Wash was a fugitive at the time of trial and thus Fitts was tried alone. We affirm the judgment of conviction.

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