United States Eighth Circuit

Motion for a change of venue based on claim of under-representation of a minority group in district was properly denied, where defendant failed to show evidence of juror impartiality or purposeful discrimination in jury selection; officers' request for identification was not a Fourth Amendment seizure, and defendant failed to show that a prior conviction used in imposing mandatory life term was the result of ineffective assistance of counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/02/2002
• Published 05/02/2002

Judges

• MCMILLIAN, Circuit Judge., Before:  MCMILLIAN and MURPHY, Circuit Judges, and BATTEY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph G. Bertogli, Des Moines, IA, argued, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Shannon L. Olson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Des Moines, IA, argued (Andrew H. Kahl, Asst. U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.