United States Eighth Circuit

A conviction and sentence for drug-related offenses is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) a denial of a motion to suppress; 2) admission of evidence of a prior conviction; 3) a failure to determine that other prior bad acts evidence would not be admitted in a future trial; 4) denial of motion for acquittal on a conspiracy charge based upon insufficiency of the evidence; and 5) whether the life sentence was disproportionate to the crime.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/28/2008
• Published 07/28/2008

Judges

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

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas Harold Shaih, argued, Kimberly K. Hall, on the brief, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William Andes Folk, argued, AUSA, Minneapolis, MN, for appellee.