United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's convictions and sentence for mailing threatening communications are affirmed over claims of error that: 1) the district court violated his Sixth Amendment right to self-representation by denying a continuance; 2) it erred in admitting evidence of other wrong acts; 3) it should have held evidentiary hearings on his motions for a new trial; 4) the evidence was not sufficient to support the conviction; and 5) the sentence was unreasonable, as argued by the government.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/04/2007
• Published 10/04/2007

Judges

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

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• F. Montgomery Brown, argued, Clive, IA, for appellant/cross-appellee., Craig P. Gaumer, Assistant, U.S. Attorney, argued, Des Moines, IA, for appellee/cross-appellant.