United States Eighth Circuit

No Apprendi violation occurred where appellant was sentenced to 60 months on two drug counts (and the sentence on each count could appropriately stand on its own), sentence for witness tampering was below the maximum, and relevant conduct enhanced the sentence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/29/2002
• Published 05/29/2002

Judges

• MURPHY, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, LOKEN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul D. Groce, argued, Little Rock, AR, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Karen D. Coleman, argued, Asst. U.S. Atty., Little Rock, AR (Patrick Harris, Asst. U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.