United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant convicted of narcotics trafficking failed to show ineffective assistance of counsel where he lacked a reasonable probability that excluding evidence of his prior convictions and his statements to a federal agent would have produced a different trial result.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/28/2000
• Published 12/28/2000

Judges

• MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Aaron D. Hamrock, argued, Des Moines, IA (Ward A. Rouse, on the brief), for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lester A. Paff, Asst. U.S. Atty., argued, Des Moines, IA (Don C. Nickerson, U.S. Atty., on the brief), for Appellee.