Legal Opinion
United States v. Anthony J. Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 9, 2002No. 00-2377PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYE, Circuit Judge.
The government appeals from the district court’s grant of a motion for judgment of acquittal and the district court’s decision to depart downward at sentencing. We reverse the district court’s order granting judgment of acquittal, vacate the sentence and remand for resentencing.
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On October 22, 1999, St. Louis police were alerted by a New Mexico Drug Enforcement agent that a person attempting to buy a ticket on Amtrak’s Chicago to Los Angeles route, which goes through St. Louis, was a suspected drug courier. On the same date an Amtrak ticket agent contacted his supervisor…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- United States v. Gary D. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
- United States v. Rubiel Marin-Cifuentes, United States of America v. Dairo Jesus Rios, United States of America v. Leonardo H. QuitianCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Ronald Wayne ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by21 opinions
- United States v. Robert Stanford JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
- United States v. Norma HernandezCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002
- Carhart v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
- United States v. Timothy DeFoggiCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2016
- United States v. Anthony J. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
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