United States Eighth Circuit

On remand from the Supreme Court, a conviction and sentence for drug- and firearm-related offenses is affirmed where: 1) pursuant to the circuit court's prior opinion, the evidence was sufficient to support the verdicts; and 2) Kimbrough sentencing error committed by the district court was harmless as defendant was sentenced to the statutory minimum on the relevant count.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/08/2008
• Published 08/08/2008

Judges

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

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul D. Scott, West Des Moines, IA, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Shannon Olson, AUSA, John S. Courter, AUSA, Des Moines, IA, for Appellee.