United States v. Washington

596 F.3d 926 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,

v.

Burl WASHINGTON, Appellant.

No. 08-3678.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Submitted: September 25, 2009.

Filed: March 5, 2010.

Daniel Allan Juengel, St. Louis, MO, for appellant.

Tiffany Gulley Becker, AUSA, St. Louis, MO, for appellee.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, WOLLMAN and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.

After a jury trial in which Burl Washington represented himself, he was convicted of two counts of distribution of a controlled substance resulting in the death of another person ("Count I and II"), see 21…