U.S. v. ELLIS

Nos. 91-5620, 91-5665, 91-5709 and 91-5718.

975 F.2d 1061 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David ELLIS, a/k/a Tree, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bernadell MANAGO, a/k/a Heaven, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wayne JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wayne JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 17, 1992.

As Amended November 9, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Benjamin Crawley, Jr., Raleigh, N.C., argued for defendants-appellants (Edwin N. Kearns, Raleigh, N.C., on brief), for defendant-appellant Ellis (Vernon F. Daughtridge, Wilson, N.C., on brief), for defendant-appellant Johnson.

John Samuel Bowler, Asst. U.S. Atty., Raleigh, N.C., argued (Margaret Person Currin, U.S. Atty., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MURNAGHAN and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and LEGG, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.


OPINION

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

The instant consolidated appeal challenges the sentences imposed by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina upon several co-conspirators involved in the distribution of crack cocaine. Two of the defendants, David Ellis, a/k/a Tree ("Ellis"), and Bernadell Manago, a/k/a Heaven ("Manago"), pled guilty to conspiracy to possess crack cocaine with the intent to distribute it in violation of...

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