United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's drug conspiracy conviction and sentence are affirmed where: 1) the court declines to extend the holding in Kyllo v. United States, 533 U.S. 27 (2001), to encompass dog sniffs; 2) there is no general constitutional right to discovery in a criminal case; and 3) defendant's life sentence was constitutional under the Eighth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/06/2010
• Published 07/06/2010

Judges

• Raymond Gruender

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

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