UNITED STATES v. WATSON

No. 88-5352.

887 F.2d 980 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Everton Gladstone WATSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Brush, Venice, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Janet C. Hudson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SCHROEDER, BOOCHEVER and BEEZER, Circuit Judges.


SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Everton Gladstone Watson appeals his conviction of distributing marijuana within 1,000 feet of an elementary school in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 845a(a).1 He admits that he sold marijuana, but contends that the government failed to prove that it was within 1,000 feet of a school.

There is no dispute concerning the location of the parcel of real property on which the sale took place. There...

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