United States Eighth Circuit

In a case involving a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of marijuana in and around Springfield, Missouri, defendants' convictions and sentences are affirmed where: 1) the evidence implicating one defendant in the conspiracy to distribute 1,000 or more kilograms of marijuana was overwhelming; and 2) although two other defendants played lesser roles in the conspiracy, the evidence clearly implicated them and provided a basis for a reasonable jury to conclude they could have reasonably foreseen that the conspiracy involved 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/22/2008
• Published 10/22/2008

Judges

• MELLOY, Circuit Judge., Before MELLOY, ARNOLD, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stuart P. Huffman, Whiteaker & Wilson, PC, Springfield, MO, argued, for appellant Damien M. Foxx., Shane P. Cantin, Carver & Cantin, LLC, Springfield, MO, argued, for appellant Willie M. Foxx., David A. Healy, Springfield, MO, argued, for appellant Danny E. Osborne.


• For Appellees:
  
• Randall D. Eggert, Asst. U.S. Atty., Springfield, MO, argued (John W. Wood, U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellee.