United States v. Thomas

Defendant-appellant Terry Thomas was charged in federal court with selling crack cocaine and maintaining a place to manufacture, distribute, or use a controlled substance. He went to trial 146 days after his arraignment. At the trial, an informant testified that she had bought crack cocaine three times from appellant. The jury found appellant guilty on: (1) three counts of possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute; and (2) two counts of using or maintaining a place for the manufacture or distribution of crack cocaine. The court convicted and sentenced appellant to five concurrent prison terms of 130 months. Appellant raised nine issues on appeal to the Tenth Circuit, raising alleged errors of evidence, trial procedure, constitutional violations and miscalculation of sentence. The Tenth Circuit reviewed all of appellant's claims, and affirmed all but his sentence: the Court remanded the case for recalculation of appellant's sentence. View "United States v. Thomas" on Justia Law