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U.S. v. FORTSON

Nos. 98-1496, 98-1897.

194 F.3d 730 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tony Lynn FORTSON; Elberto Anthony Paulino, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided: October 12, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross G. Parker (argued and briefed), Office of the U.S. Attorney, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee.

Robert M. Morgan, Detroit, Michigan, Richard M. Lustig (argued and briefed), Richard M. Lustig Law Office, Birmingham, Michigan, for Appellants.

Before: KRUPANSKY and RYAN, Circuit Judges, and HULL, District Judge..

RYAN, Circuit Judge.

For the purposes of issuing our decision, we have consolidated these two cases involving the same drug conspiracy transaction.

The defendants were convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine, contrary to 21 U.S.C. § 846, and aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute cocaine, contrary to 18 U.S.C. § 2. The district court denied the motions for judgment of acquittal...

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