UNITED STATES v. RHODES

Nos. 84-5241, 84-5242.

779 F.2d 1019 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James Alvin RHODES, a/k/a Mickey Rhodes, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Garvey Martin CHEEK, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas K. Maher, Thomas F. Loflin, III (Loflin & Loflin, Durham, N.C., Irvin B. Tucker, Blanchard, Tucker, Twiggs, Earl & Abrams, Raleigh, N.C., David S. Rudolf, Beskind & Rudolf, Durham, N.C., on brief), for appellants.

Max O. Cogburn, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty. (Charles R. Brewer, U.S. Atty., Asheville, N.C., on brief), for appellee.

Before WIDENER, PHILLIPS and SNEEDEN, Circuit Judges.


WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Garvey Martin Cheek and James Alvin "Mickey" Rhodes were convicted under 21 U.S.C. § 848 and other statutes for engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise (CCE) and other offenses on the basis of their dealings in controlled substances. Cheek received a 75-year sentence without parole under § 848, while Rhodes received a 50-year sentence without parole under that statute. Both received various other sentences. Cheek and Rhodes appeal...

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