Legal Opinion
United States v. Edward Dean Cook
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 15, 1992No. 92-1241PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONALD R. ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Edward Dean Cook appeals his conviction and sentence on two counts of assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111. For reversal, Cook asserts that the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction on either count and that the district court erred in making an upward departure under the Sentencing Guidelines. We affirm.
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On June 29, 1991, just inside the southern border of the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota, Officer Ruth Wittner, a Minnesota State Patrol officer, observed a vehicle stopped on the…
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