United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's sentence for conspiring to distribute controlled substances outside the course of normal medical practice and engaging in a monetary transaction over $10,000 derived from the proceeds of this activity is affirmed where the district court correctly applied a sentence enhancement for distributing controlled substances through mass-marketing by means of an interactive computer service.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/12/2007
• Published 12/12/2007

Judges

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

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ronald H. Levine, argued, Philadelphia, PA, for appellant., Thomas A. Hanny, South Glastonbury, CT, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephanie M. Rose, Martin Joseph McLaughlin, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, argued, Cedar Rapids, IA, for Appellee.