United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's conviction and sentence for conspiring to manufacture marijuana and maintaining a place to manufacture marijuana are affirmed where: 1) there were sufficient grounds on which the jury could find defendant guilty of conspiracy beyond a reasonable doubt; 2) a singular, benign reference to homicide that did not link defendant to the deaths and in no way caused him to suffer prejudice did not require a mistrial; and 3) the government provided sufficient evidence with which the district court could find that defendant maintained a leadership role in the offense.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/23/2010
• Published 02/23/2010

Judges

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

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Christina Marie Digirolamo, Jeffrey D. Morris, Berkowitz & Oliver, Kansas City, MO, for Appellant., Jhanmay Molina-Perez, Oklahoma City, OK, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gregg R. Coonrod, Patrick Damian Daly, Special, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Kansas City, MO, for Appellee.