Where a defendant challenged his conviction for drug distribution resulting in serious bodily injury, a reasonable jury could find that the tight chain of events strongly suggested that the injected mixture caused the victim’s overdose, and the judgment is affirmed ...

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Following his indictment for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, defendant moved to suppress evidence obtained from tracking devices law enforcement placed on his car. The district court agreed with defendant’s contention that the government lacked probable cause to install the trackers ...

Tagged with: Criminal Law Drug Distribution Probable Cause to Install Trackers Suppression of Evidence

Defendant pleaded guilty to distributing methamphetamine and possessing a firearm. The district court sentenced defendant to consecutive prison terms resulting in an aggregate sentence of 270 months followed by five months of supervised release. On appeal, defendant challenged the substantive ...

Tagged with: Consecutive Prison Terms Criminal Law Drug Distribution Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence

Following his indictment for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, defendant moved to suppress evidence obtained from tracking devices law enforcement placed on his car. The district court agreed with defendant’s contention that the government lacked probable cause to install the trackers ...

Tagged with: Criminal Law Drug Distribution Probable Cause to Install Trackers Suppression of Evidence

State v. Davis (MLW No. 71187/Case No. SD34771 – 10 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Francis Jr., J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Drug Distribution DVD Evidence Uncharged Bad Acts

U.S. v. Davis (MLW No. 69338/Case No. 14-3722 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Drug Distribution jury instructions Sufficiency Of Evidence

U.S. v. Davis (MLW No. 69338/Case No. 14-3722 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.)

Tagged with: conspiracy Criminal Law Drug Distribution Sufficiency Of Evidence

U.S. v. Armstrong (MLW No. 67654/Case No. 14-2146 – 14 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Beam, J.)

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U.S. v. Rhodes (MLW No. 65513/Case No. 12-3299 – 8 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Drug Distribution Sufficiency Of Evidence

State v. Munoz (MLW No. 62539/Case No. WD72754 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.)

Tagged with: Drug Distribution entrapment Pfeiffer

U.S. v. Hill (MLW No. 62155/Case No. 10-3421 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Jarvey, J.)

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