U.S. v. MORRIS

No. 92-1076 Summary Calendar.

974 F.2d 587 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerrold MORRIS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jens E. Bakker, Dallas, Tex. (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Phillip C. Umphres, Asst. U.S. Atty., Marvin Collins, U.S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JOLLY, DUHÉ, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.


DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Morris was charged with drug offenses arising out of two separate transactions on different days. The jury acquitted him of the charges stemming from the first transaction, but convicted him of those stemming from the second. He appeals contending that, since his sole defense was entrapment, his acquittal on charges from the first event precluded his conviction on charges from the second because, to acquit as to the first, the jury...

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