United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's sentence for a drug conviction is affirmed over his claim that the district court violated Blakely v. Washington, 124 S.Ct. 2531 (2004), when it found that he had a prior drug conviction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/29/2005
• Published 09/29/2005

Judges

• RILEY, Circuit Judge., Before RILEY, BOWMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas F. Flynn, Assistant Federal Public Defender, St. Louis, Missouri, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kenneth R. Tihen, Assistant U.S. Attorney, St. Louis, Missouri (James G. Martin, Sirena Wissler, on the brief), for appellee.