- NEXTRECORD - In addition to writing checks, petitioners frequently used cash in making purchases. In particular, petitioner conducted much of his business in cash. Expenses paid by petitioners during 1989 by cash and check did not exceed $37,215. Expenses paid by petitioners during 1990 by cash and check did not exceed $19,416. In December 1990, a grand jury sitting in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (the grand jury) returned a one-count indictment against petitioner, petitioner's brother Ronnie Chandler, and a number of other individuals (the other individuals). The indictment charged conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, namely, marijuana. On January 9, 1991, the grand jury returned a 10-count indictment (the indictment) that superseded the previously mentioned 1-count indictment. Petitioner was charged in the first and tenth counts of the indictment with various narcotics- related offenses. Thus, in the first count of the indictment the grand jury charged petitioner, Ronnie Chandler, and the other individuals with conspiring to possess marijuana, a controlled substance, with intent to distribute. The first paragraph of the first count of the indictment read as follows: The Grand Jury charges: 1. That from on or about January 1, 1987, to on or about October 1, 1990, within the Northern District of Alabama, and elsewhere, the defendants * * * did conspire with each other and others both known and unknown to the Grand Jury, to unlawfully,Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next
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