Legal Opinion

United States v. Eddie James

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 31, 1999No. 98-2579PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Eddie James appeals his convictions and sentence resulting from federal firearms offenses. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his convictions and contends that the district court 1 abused its discretion at trial by refusing to give a particularly worded unanimity instruction and by admitting the testimony of a cooperating witness. He also contends that the district court erred by imposing a four-level sentencing enhancement. We affirm.

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On at least two occasions between September 1994 and March 1995, Eddie James and Larry David Baskerville engaged in…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Schad v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Bryan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  4. United States v. Sonya Evette SingletonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
  5. United States v. Sonya Evette Singleton, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999

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3Cited by44 opinions

  1. United States v. YieldingCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011
  2. United States v. AskewCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
  3. United States v. JewellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
  4. United States v. J. Fred Hart, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000
  5. United States v. Theodore Stewart FriesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013

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