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United States v. Allen Scott Jackson

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided October 12, 1995No. 94-3718PublishedCited by 76 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Allen Scott Jackson appeals his convictions and sentence for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. He argues that (1) the evidence for conviction was insufficient as a matter of law, (2) the court erred in not severing his trial from that of co-defendant Michael Stokes, (3) Stokes’s counsel improperly commented on Jackson’s failure to testify, (4) 21 U.S.C. § 841 (1988), which imposes harsher sentences for “cocaine base” than for “cocaine,” is ambiguous in its use of those terms, and he should benefit from the rule of lenity,…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Bifulco v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. United States v. Shannon Wayne Agofsky, United States of America v. Joseph Anthony AgofskyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
  3. United States v. Maggie Louise Turpin, United States of America v. Darryl Lee WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
  4. United States v. Erin Dale HouseCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
  5. Floyd Rairdon Hayes v. United States of America, Cecil H. Bennett v. United States of America, Stanley Burke Clevenger v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964

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3Cited by76 opinions

  1. United States v. Earnest Washington, United States of America v. Wendell E. FortenberryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
  2. United States v. James Fields Christopher CrawleyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
  3. United States v. Antwon A. Warfield, United States of America v. Brian M. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
  4. United States v. Gerald Lee PattersonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
  5. United States v. David Joseph MickelsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2004

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