UNITED STATES v. GANTT

Nos. 78-1399, 78-1570, 78-1571, 78-1599 and 78-1629.

617 F.2d 831 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America v. Samuel GANTT, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. Milton Charles SMITH a/k/a "Creep" a/k/a "Shaw" a/k/a "Short", Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. Orville Joseph RIDGELY a/k/a "Black", Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. William Cornell FARRELL a/k/a "Suli Abdullah", Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. Alfonso JACKSON, a/k/a Al, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Davis, Washington, D.C. (appointed by this Court), for appellant in No. 78-1399.

Richard S. Bromberg, Washington, D.C. (appointed by this Court), for appellant in No. 78-1599.

Stuart Stiller, Washington, D.C., for appellant in No. 78-1629.

William Bingham, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for appellant in Nos. 78-1570 and 78-1571.

Margaret Ellen, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the briefs were filed, John A. Terry and Charles J. Harkins, Jr., Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

Also John H. Korns, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for appellee.

Before MacKINNON, ROBB and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROBB.

ROBB, Circuit Judge:

On September 6, 1977 an indictment naming our appellants and ten other defendants1 was returned in the District Court. In various counts appellants Smith, a/k/a "Creep", Ridgely, a/k/a "Black", Farrell and Jackson were charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance (21 U.S.C. § 846), traveling in interstate commerce between Washington, D...

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