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Date: 10-03-2020
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Case Number: 5:20-CR-00085
Judge: Frank W. Volk
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney's Office, Beckley, West Virginia
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Description: Beckley, WV criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with distribution of fentanyl.
Cornelius Pople, age 24, from Detroit, was charged with distribution of fentanly.
Pope admitted that on November 7, 2018, January 25, 2019, and May 26, 2020, he sold fentanyl and heroin to confidential informants working with the Beckley-Raleigh Drug and Violent Crime Task Force.
Pope faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced on January 22, 2021.
The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and the Beckley-Raleigh Drug and Violent Crime Unit. United States District Judge Frank W. Volk presided over the hearing. Assistant United States Attorney L. Alexander Hamner is handling the prosecution.
Distribution of fentanyl.
Outcome: 10/02/2020 52 PLEA HEARING as to Cornelius Pope held by Judge Frank W. Volk on 10/2/2020; Court Reporter: Ayme Cochran. (sbw)
10/02/2020 53 WRITTEN PLEA OF GUILTY by Defendant Cornelius Pope. (btm)
10/02/2020 54 PLEA AGREEMENT as to Cornelius Pope. (cc: U.S. Probation Office) (btm)
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