United States Eighth Circuit

A conviction and sentence for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine is affirmed where: 1) defendant initiated a meeting with an officer and knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily waived his Sixth Amendment right to counsel, and thus a motion to suppress statements made at that meeting was properly denied; 2) the district court did not err in finding that defendant's statements were voluntary; and 3) a decision not to depart at sentencing was unreviewable, and the sentence was not unreasonable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/09/2007
• Published 08/09/2007

Judges

• GRUENDER, Circuit Judge., Before MELLOY, SMITH and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was AFPD Michael Hansen, Lincoln, Nebraska.


• For Appellees:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was AUSA Lynette Wagner, Lincoln, Nebraska.