United States Eighth Circuit

Evidence was sufficient to support murder in aid of racketeering convictions; 18 U.S.C. section 1959 is a permissible exercise of Congress's Commerce Clause power; court erred in admitting evidence of a 1995 assault conviction under Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b), but the error was harmless given the other evidence and the court's limiting instruction; no error in denying motion to disclose the identify of a confidential informant.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/02/2004
• Published 03/02/2004

Judges

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

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant Crenshaw was James E. Ostgard, II, Minneapolis, MN., Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant Johnson was Gary R. Bryant-Wolf, Minneapolis, MN., Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant Gruder was Keith M. Ellison, Minneapolis, MN.


• For Appellees:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Jeffrey S. Paulsen, AUSA, Minneapolis, MN.