United States Eleventh Circuit

Conviction of drug- and firearm-related crimes, with mandatory life sentence, is affirmed over principal claims that: 1) the district court erred in denying defendant's motion for a judgment of acquittal because no rational jury could have found beyond a reasonable doubt that he possessed the drugs and firearms that were seized; and 2) enhancements were erroneously applied to the sentence under 21 U.S.C. section 841(b)(1)(A)(iii) as the government did not properly serve defendant with notice as required by 21 U.S.C. section 851(a)(1).

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/27/2006
• Published 12/27/2006

Judges

• CARNES, Circuit Judge:, Before CARNES and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and JORDAN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• W. Matthew Dodge, Stephanie Kearns, Fed. Pub. Def., Fed. Def. Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Thompson., Todd C. Alley, Amy Levin Weil, U.S. Atty., Atlanta, GA, for U.S.