United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's drug manufacturing sentence is affirmed where: 1) the district court's conclusion that the transaction at issue did not end until the crack was delivered was well supported by the evidence; 2) defendant's extensive dealing with controlled substances and previous crimes were adequate grounds for not granting a downward departure based on the powder/crack disparity; and 3) the district court's failure to find sentencing entrapment was not clearly erroneous.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/19/2009
• Published 10/19/2009

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, WOLLMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eric C. Bohnet, argued, Indianapolis, IN, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Matthew T. Drake, AUSA, argued, St. Louis, MO, for appellee.