U.S. v. COOPER

Nos. 00-30208, 00-30209, 00-30210 and 00-30450.

274 F.3d 230 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jaltheus COOPER, also known as Tweet Cooper, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward Faulk, also known as Lite Bread Faulk, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ernest Green, also known as Serv-it Green, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Alexander, also known as Coco Alexander, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Francis Murphy, Asst. U.S. Atty., Stephen A. Higginson, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

John H. Craft, Asst. Fed. Pub. Def. (argued), New Orleans, LA, for Cooper.

Frank Sloan (argued), Covington, LA, for Green.

Charles Thomas Carr, III (argued), New Orleans, LA, for Alexander.

Before KING, Chief Judge, and DUHÉ and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

This direct criminal appeal involves four appellants who pleaded guilty to distribution of an unspecified quantity of heroin and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute an unspecified quantity of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846. One appellant, Edward Faulk, also pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). The appellants...

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