UNITED STATES v. JACKSON

No. 82-2158.

700 F.2d 181 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gurleon Maxi JACKSON, Talmadge Alvin Whitley and Nathan Phillip Hicks, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 23, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horacio L. Barrera, Brownsville, Tex., for Jackson.

Roland E. Dahlin, II, Federal Public Defender, George McCall Secrest, Jr., Antonio Balderas, Jr., Asst. Federal Public Defenders, Houston, Tex., for Whitley.

L. Aron Pena, Edinburg, Tex., for Hicks.

Daniel K. Hedges, U.S. Atty., John M. Potter, James R. Gough, Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, REAVLEY and TATE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 28, 1983.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves a sting operation conducted by agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The operation resulted in jury convictions of the defendants, Jackson, Hicks, and Whitley of conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846 (1976). The jury also convicted Jackson of knowingly and intentionally...

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