Legal Opinion
United States v. Corey R. Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 23, 2005No. 04-2478PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted Corey R. Thomas of possessing with the intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base, and he received a mandatory life sentence because he had two prior convictions for distributing crack. Thomas appeals, arguing that the district court 1 abused its discretion by admitting evidence of his prior crimes and from a search of his home and that his mandatory minimum life sentence violated the Sixth Amendment. We affirm.
On March 27, 2003, two St. Louis police officers were patrolling in a marked police vehicle when they saw Thomas leaning into the…
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