U.S. v. LEWIS

No. 89-4371.

902 F.2d 1176 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph Earvin LEWIS and Melvin Ronnell Wade, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George L. Lucas, Jackson, Miss., for Lewis.

Joseph E. Lewis, Tallahassee, Fla., pro se.

I. Mark Bledstein, Encino, Cal., for Wade.

Dolan D. Self, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., George Phillips, U.S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before REAVLEY, JONES, and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.


EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Melvin Wade and Joseph Lewis were convicted in the district court on drug trafficking charges. Finding none of his arguments on appeal persuasive, we affirm Wade's conviction and sentence. Having determined that there was insufficient evidence to convict Lewis, we must reverse his conviction.

I.

BACKGROUND

On December 2, 1988, Inspector Dan Overton of the United States Postal Inspection Service...

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