UNITED STATES v. VEILLETTE

No. 85-1127.

778 F.2d 899 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. George E. VEILLETTE, Jr., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel W. Bates, with whom Daniel G. Lilley, Portland, Me., was on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Margaret McGaughey, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Richard S. Cohen, U.S. Atty., Portland, Me., and Jay P. McCloskey, Asst. U.S. Atty., Bangor, Me., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BOWNES and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of an indictment charging nineteen persons with conspiracy to possess over a thousand pounds of marihuana with the intent to distribute the drug. See 21 U.S.C. § 841 and 846. It was the government's position that the conspirators were involved in the purchase and sale of a large supply of marihuana which was kept near Bangor, Maine. Eleven of the nineteen were tried by a jury. The convicted defendants, with...

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