BLIGE

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (13 total)

• United States v. Frank Church, 955 F.2d 688 (11th Cir. 1992)
  …ons are without merit. The jury convicted Coppola outright on three narcotics counts, which is all that is necessary to satisfy the continuing-series element. See United States v. Alvarez-Moreno, 874 F. 2d 1402, 1408 (11th Cir.1989), cert. denied, 494 U.S. 1032, 110 S.Ct. 1484, 108 L.Ed.2d 620 (1990). Further, the government presented evidence of several other CCE predicates, including the two transactions with Church. Coppola next contends that the government failed to prove that (1) he acted in concert…
• United States v. Spell, 44 F.3d 936 (11th Cir. 1995)
  …10 F. 3d at 732. Cf. United States v. Campbell, 888 F. 2d 76, 79 (11th Cir.1989) (government conceding that burglaries involving commercial buildings, rather than dwellings, do not constitute crimes of violence under the Guidelines), cert. denied, 494 U.S. 1032, 110 S.Ct. 1484, 108 L.Ed.2d 620 (1990). Appellant insists that his May 1980 burglary conviction was not for a crime of violence because the state court’s judgment was for the burglary of a structure under Florida’s burglary statute. See Fla.Stat.…
• United States v. Lehder-Rivas, 955 F.2d 1510 (11th Cir. 1992)
  …for the continuing criminal enterprise charge. Due process requires an indictment to provide notice sufficient to allow a defendant to prepare an adequate defense. United States v. Alvarez-Moreno, 874 F. 2d 1402, 1410 (11th Cir.1989), cert. denied, 494 U.S. 1032, 110 S.Ct. 1484, 108 L.Ed.2d 620 (1990). However, “ ‘[a]n indictment charging a [continuing criminal enterprise] is sufficient for constitutional purposes if it articulates in statutory language the elements of the violation.’ ” United States v. Ma…