UNITED STATES v. ROPER

No. 80-7880.

681 F.2d 1354 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Morrow ROPER, Christian Matthew Newton, John Jackson Miller Truxell, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Darrell Greene, Marietta, Ga., for Roper.

Neal R. Sonnett, Benedict P. Kuehne, Miami, Fla., for Newton and Truxell.

J. B. Sessions, III, U. S. Atty., Wm. R. Favre, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., for the United States.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, MERRITT, and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.


HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:

The appellants, James Morrow Roper, Christian Matthew Newton and John Jackson Miller Truxell, along with co-defendants, Jerry Lee Harvey, Tyrus Ramond Cobb and Geraldine Kelleher Martin, were charged by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Alabama with conspiracy to possess and distribute approximately 100,000 methaquaalone tablets and the substantive offense of possession and distribution of the drugs. 21 U.S.C. §§...

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