U.S. v. HARRIS

Nos. 92-1455, 92-1457.

9 F.3d 493 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph D. HARRIS a/k/a Sonny Joe Harris (92-1455); Alton Kilbourn (92-1457), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Donaldson and Kathleen Moro Nesi (argued and briefed), Asst. U.S. Attys., Janice V. Terbush, Detroit, MI, for plaintiff-appellee.

Anthony T. Chambers (argued and briefed), Detroit, MI, for Sonny Harris.

Sonny Joe Harris, pro se.

Douglas R. Mullkoff (argued and briefed), Ann Arbor, MI, for Alton Dennis Kilbourn.

Alton Dennis Kilbourn, pro se.

Before: KEITH, GUY, and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges.


RALPH B. GUY, JR., Circuit Judge.

Defendants, Joseph Harris and Alton Kilbourn, appeal their convictions for their roles in the attempted purchase of cocaine from undercover federal agents. Defendants raise six issues on appeal: (1) whether the district court erred by failing to conclude that Harris was entrapped as a matter of law; (2) whether prejudicial error occurred when the district court responded to a note from the...

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