United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's drug conspiracy conviction is affirmed where: 1) the government offered sufficient evidence that the conspiracy involved fifty grams or more of crack cocaine; 2) the government proved that defendant aided and abetted the conspiracy; and 3) the jury was equipped to evaluate the motivations of the government's cooperating witnesses without the aid of additional testimony.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/30/2009
• Published 10/30/2009

Judges

• GRUENDER, Circuit Judge., Before MELLOY, BEAM and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Melanie S. Morgan, Morgan Pilate LLC, Olathe, KS, argued (Rebecca L. Kurz, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lucinda S. Woolery, Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, argued (Matt J. Whitworth, Acting U.S. Atty., Amy B. Marcus, Asst. U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.