United States Eighth Circuit

A conviction and sentence for second-degree murder is affirmed over challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence, a claim that defendant was entitled to a new trial on account of evidentiary errors and prosecutorial misconduct, and a claim that the sentence imposed was unreasonable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/12/2006
• Published 05/12/2006

Judges

• HEANEY, Circuit Judge., Before COLLOTON, HEANEY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Monica D. Colbath, Asst. Federal Public Defender, argued, Rapid City, South Dakota, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark E. Salter, Asst. U.S. Atty., argued, Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Robert A. Mandel, Asst. U.S. Atty., Rapid City, South Dakota, on the brief), for appellee.