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UNITED STATES v. THOMPSON

Nos. 78-5198, 78-5199.

598 F.2d 879 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James Lawson THOMPSON, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Evelio Antonio BADIA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas M. Martin, Charlotte, N. C. (James E. Walker, Walker, Palmer & Miller, P. A., Charlotte, N. C., Don H. Bumgardner, Gastonia, N. C., Robert Dennis Lorance, Harris & Bumgardner, Gastonia, N. C., Martin Blitstein and Mark Perlman, on brief), for appellants.

Phillip G. Kelley, Asst. U. S. Atty., Charlotte, N. C. (Harold M. Edwards, U. S. Atty., Asheville, N. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, BUTZNER and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Evelio Antonio Badia and James Lawson Thompson were convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana. Because we find no merit in their appeals, we affirm the convictions.

Thompson's defense was that he joined the conspiracy with the sole purpose to gather incriminating evidence on the co-conspirators and eventually to supply this evidence to the authorities, although he admits that he participated in some of the earlier activities of...

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