U.S. v. COPELAND

Nos. 94-1199, 94-1202, 94-1225 and 94-1227.

45 F.3d 254 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Kevin Lehmar COPELAND, also known as Box, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jerome Kenneth COLE, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Donovan Richard SHIELDS, also known as David Julien, also known as Big Daddy, also known as "D," Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John Lee IVY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 13, 1995.

Rehearing Denied February 14, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam E. Poston, St. Louis, MO, for Copeland.

Eric W. Butts, St. Louis, MO, for Cole.

Wendell J. Sherk, St. Louis, MO, for Shields.

Douglas A. Forsyth, Clayton, MO, for Ivy.

Steven E. Holtshouser, Asst. U.S. Atty., for U.S.

Before McMILLIAN, FAGG and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.


McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

In these consolidated cases, Kevin L. Copeland, Jerome K. Cole, Donovan Shields, and John Lee Ivy appeal the sentences the district court1 imposed after they pleaded guilty to drug and drug-related charges. We affirm.

Copeland, Cole, Shields, and Ivy were charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine over a period of several years in a number of...

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