Legal Opinion
United States v. Bruce Alfred Sleet
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 22, 1990No. 89-1686PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Appellant Bruce Alfred Sleet was convicted by a jury of distributing cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and was sentenced to 51 months imprisonment. On appeal, he argues that the district court improperly sentenced him under the Sentencing Guidelines and inaccurately instructed the jury on the law of entrapment. We have carefully reviewed the record and the arguments of the parties and affirm Sleet’s conviction.
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