United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for distributing crack cocaine is affirmed where: 1) considering the similarities between the crimes charged and the subsequent-acts evidence introduced by the government, the mere passage of four years' time between the events did not render the evidence irrelevant to show knowledge or intent; and 2) the evidence rationally supported an inference that defendant sold crack cocaine to a confidential informant in violation of 21 U.S.C. sections 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C).

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/29/2010
• Published 01/29/2010

Judges

• Before MURPHY, HANSEN, and BYE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kent E. Gipson, Kent Gipson, L.L.C., Kansas City, MO, Dwight A. Thomas, U.S. Penitentiary, Terre Haute, IN, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Catherine A. Connelly, Justin G. Davids, Special, U.S. Attorney's Office, Kansas City, MO, for Appellee.