United States v. William John Eastman

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted William John Eastman of one count of conspiring to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine and two counts of conspiring to launder drug proceeds. The district court 1 sentenced him to eighty-seven months in prison and five years of supervised release. Eastman appeals, arguing the evidence was insufficient and the court erred in refusing to grant a downward departure. We affirm.

We summarize the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict. In April 1990, Lawrence Lawler began receiving cocaine and methamphetamine in the Duluth-Superior area…