(DOWNLOAD) "United States v. Carlson" by United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free

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Title: United States v. Carlson
Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Release Date : January 17, 1976
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 72 KB

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Defendants Stephen G. Scholle and Michael S. Needham were charged with violating the narcotics law of the United States in a three-count indictment returned by the federal grand jury for the District of Minnesota on November 4, 1975. Scholle was charged in Count I with conspiring to import cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. Â§Â§ 952(a) and 846. Both Scholle and Needham were charged in Count II with distribution of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. Â§ 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. Â§ 2, and in Count III of conspiring to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. Â§Â§ 841(a)(1) and 846. Arthur Barrie Watson and Karen Johnson were charged as co-defendants, while Ray Thuftedal and Jeffery Kaufman were named as unindicted co-conspirators. Following a jury trial, Scholle was convicted on Counts I and III and Needham was convicted on Counts II and III. Scholle was sentenced to two years imprisonment and Needham to eighteen months, each to serve a special parole term of three years following incarceration.