United States v. Vinson Lamont Jones

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• holding that district court erred in imposing separate sentences for greater offense and lesser included offense
• concluding that defendant’s drug possession conviction should have been merged into conviction for possession with intent to distribute and, therefore, vacating the sentence imposed for the lesser-included offense of possession
• holding that district court erred in imposing separate sentence for lesser included offense
• “Given that the [contraband] at issue here was found behind the dresser drawer in the bedroom from which the officer saw [defendant] exit ... we cannot say that the ... trier of fact erred in finding that [defendant] possessed the [contraband].”

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