Legal Opinion
United States v. Steven Wayne Kurkowski
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 5, 2002No. 01-3071PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
Steven Wayne Kurkowski learned from a local cocaine dealer about an opportunity to buy large quantities of cocaine from a source in California. Kurkowski called the number provided by the local dealer and, after Kurkowski’s initial request for one kilogram was rejected, arranged to buy half of a kilogram of cocaine from the California source. The California source is the local dealer’s brother and also a convicted drug dealer who was cooperating with police in an effort to earn a downward departure for substantial assistance. The local dealer was not working with the…
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