Legal Opinion
United States v. Leslie Armstrong
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 10, 2015No. 14-2146PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
The district court1 sentenced Leslie Armstrong to 180-months’ imprisonment following his conviction by a jury of one count of distribution of cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). On appeal, Armstrong challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction and claims the district court erred by admitting evidence of a prior controlled drug sale in which he was allegedly involved and by sentencing him as a career offender. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On December 4, 2012, the government charged Armstrong in a one-count indictment with distribution of…
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