UNITED STATES v. HARRIS

No. 82-8622.

720 F.2d 1259 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sherman HARRIS, Johnny Lewis Holt, Ernest Wilcox, Jr., John Williams, Jr., Bernard Turner, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 5, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary G. Grindler, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Irving Anolik, New York City, for Harris.

Alden W. Snead, Lawrenceville, Ga., for Williams.

Torin D. Togut, Court appointed, Decatur, Ga., for Turner.

William D. Smith, Smith & Sheffield, Atlanta, Ga., for Holt.

Linda S. Sheffield, Smith & Sheffield, Atlanta, Ga., for Wilcox.

Before HILL and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


LEWIS R. MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

The appellants, Sherman Harris, Johnny Lewis Holt, Bernard Turner, Ernest Wilcox, Jr., and John Williams, were convicted by a jury in the Northern District of Georgia on a single count of conspiracy to possess heroin and cocaine with the intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. The evidence at trial established that each of the appellants operated as a "retail" distributor of illegal drugs for a network managed...

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