United States Eighth Circuit

Evidence was sufficient to support convictions on drug, firearm and attempt to murder a federal witness charges. No error in admitting tapes of telephone calls defendant made while in jail, as the calls were made in furtherance of the conspiracy to murder a witness and the participants were properly identified; permitting a witness to exercise his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent was not error.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/07/2004
• Published 04/07/2004

Judges

• MCMILLIAN, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, and McMILLIAN and BEAM, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Christopher E. McGraugh, argued, St. Louis, MO, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas J. Mehan, argued, Assist. U.S. Attorney, St. Louis, MO (Jane Lyle, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Michael A. Reilly, Assist. U.S. Attorney, and Jennifer J. Roy, Asst. U.S. Attorney on the brief), for appellee.