United States Eighth Circuit

Defendants' cocaine possession convictions are affirmed where: 1) assessing witness credibility was the job of the jury and absent extraordinary circumstances the court would not review that assessment; 2) there was sufficient circumstantial evidence for the jury to conclude that defendant possessed with intent to distribute the cocaine; and 3) the district court did not clearly err in finding the government provided a race-neutral justification for its peremptory strikes.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/09/2010
• Published 04/09/2010

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• United States Eighth Circuit

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