U.S. v. COTTON

No. 93-2595.

22 F.3d 182 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Betty June COTTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Suzanne Philbrick, Chesterton, IN, argued, for defendant-appellant.

Mary Jane Lyle, Asst. U.S. Atty., St. Louis, MO, argued (Patricia A. McGarry, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HANSEN, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and KOPF, District Judge.


FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Betty June Cotton of two counts of possessing cocaine base (crack cocaine) with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B) (1988). Cotton appeals her conviction and sentence, contending the government failed to prove her intent to distribute, the court1 erred in allowing a narcotics officer to testify as an expert witness about drug distribution...

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