Legal Opinion

United States v. Shawn M. Smith

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 15, 2002No. 00-3860PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

In early November 1999, Shawn M. Smith was arrested for selling crack cocaine while on parole from a state conviction for assault with a firearm. The State of Nebraska revoked Smith’s parole later that month, and he returned to prison with a tentative discharge date in October 2002. He was then indicted and pleaded guilty to a federal charge of possessing cocaine base with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). The district court sentenced Smith to 121 months in prison for this federal offense. Observing that Smith had spent almost a year in state…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Stinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  3. Faye Anastasoff v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000
  4. Faye Anastasoff v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000
  5. United States v. Aris Maria, AKA Luis A. RiveraCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999

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3Cited by22 opinions

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  2. United States v. Kenneth L. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
  3. United States v. HackmanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011
  4. United States v. Michael Jackson, United States of America v. Fabian JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2004
  5. United States v. Sarah GodseyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2012

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