United States v. Morgan Cody

26 F.3d 133 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Morgan CODY, Defendant-Appellant. No. 91-50692. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 8, 1993. Decided June 6, 1994. Before: JUDGES TANG, D.W. NELSON, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * OVERVIEW 2 Defendant-Appellant Morgan James Cody, (aka James Joseph Boyle), was to receive $1,500 for selling over $200,000 of cocaine. Cody's illegal activities, however, led to his arrest. Cody was tried for his drug trafficking activities and other related crimes. At trial, he raised a duress defense, alleging that he had been forced to sell the drugs to protect his mother's and his wife's lives. A jury convicted Cody on all counts set forth in the indictment. Cody was sentenced to two mandatory life terms without the possibility of parole, two fifteen year terms to be served concurrently to the life sentences, and twenty-five years to be…