United States Eighth Circuit

A doctor's conviction for attempted or actual distribution of controlled substances outside of the scope of medical practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) sufficiency of the evidence; 2) admission of evidence; 3) admission of testimony; 4) jury instruction; 5) disputed expert testimony submitted to a jury; 6) prosecutorial misconduct; and 7) denial of a mistrial motion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/09/2006
• Published 05/09/2006

Judges

• SMITH, Circuit Judge., Before SMITH and HANSEN, Circuit Judges, and BOGUE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Barry A. Short, argued, St. Louis, MO (Evan Z. Reid, St. Louis, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John T. Davis, argued, Asst. U.S. Attorney, St. Louis, MO (Sirena M. Wissler, Asst. U.S. Attorney, St. Louis, on the brief), for appellee.