UNITED STATES v. COMPTON

No. 82-1557 Summary Calendar.

704 F.2d 739 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Edward COMPTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 6, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles D. Butts, San Antonio, Tex. (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Ms. Sidney Powell, Joe Turner, Asst. U.S. Attys., San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, POLITZ and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Charles Edward Compton appeals from his conviction on a jury verdict for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment with lifetime special parole, he here asserts that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress seized cocaine, that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the jury verdict, and that the trial court abused its...

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