U.S. v. SMITH

No. 94-4031.

73 F.3d 1414 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lewis J. SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 25, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Burns, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued and briefed), Office of the U.S. Atty., Columbus, OH, for U.S.

Keith E. Golden (argued and briefed), Golden & Meizlish, Columbus, OH, for Lewis J. Smith.

Before: JONES and RYAN, Circuit Judges; MATIA, District Judge.


RYAN, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which MATIA, D.J., joined. JONES, J. (pp. 1418-23), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the result.

RYAN, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Lewis Smith, appeals his conviction and sentence entered after a bench trial for unlawful possession of more than five grams of cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 844. We are asked to determine: (1) whether the district court erred in denying his motion to...

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