United States Eighth Circuit

A conviction for conspiracy to commit murder for hire is affirmed over challenges to the district court's decisions: 1) denying his motion for a judgment of acquittal based on the insufficiency of the evidence; 2) removing a juror who claimed to have emotional problems; 3) denying defendant's motion to adjourn trial to take a Rule 15(a) deposition; and 4) excluding from evidence the government's file on a co-conspirator.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/31/2007
• Published 01/31/2007

Judges

• MELLOY, Circuit Judge., Before MELLOY, BENTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jennifer Herndon, argued, Florissant, MO, (Christopher Edward McGraugh, Leritz & Plunkert, St. Louis, MO, on the brief), for appellant., Amesheo D. Cannon, Pollock, LA, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Cristian M. Stevens, argued, Asst. U.S. Atty., St. Louis, MO (Thomas E. Dittmeier, Asst. U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.