Legal Opinion

United States v. William Henry Hester

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 30, 1998No. 97-2518, 97-2519 and 97-2896PublishedCited by 73 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

William Henry Hester, Billie Dean Sullivan, and Thomas Allen, along with several others, were charged with participating in a conspiracy to manufacture and to distribute methamphetamine. In this direct criminal appeal, Hester, Sullivan, and Allen challenge their convictions and sentences, asserting that the district court 1 committed several errors. We affirm.

I

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdicts, a reasonable jury could have found the following facts. The conspiracy at issue in this case began when Randy Shultz and Lorinda Mason 2 agreed to…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. United States v. Michael BellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
  2. United States v. Mark PrieskornCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
  3. United States v. FregosoCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
  4. United States v. Marvin Jose RamirezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
  5. United States v. Clarence RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997

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3Cited by73 opinions

  1. United States v. Billie Jerome Allen, United States of America v. Norris G. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
  2. United States v. ChanthadaraCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
  3. United States of America, Cross-Appellant/appellee v. Raymon Ortega, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
  4. United States v. Manuel Dozal, United States of America v. Rudy GonzalezCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
  5. United States v. Leo Adams, United States of America v. Carl ParkerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005

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