Legal Opinion
United States v. Haywood Wright, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 25, 1986No. 86-1202PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Haywood Wright, Jr., appeals the district court’s 1 judgment and order convicting him for possession of marijuana and sentencing him to nine months’ imprisonment. For reversal, Wright argues the district court erred in refusing to admit into evidence an out-of-court statement and in considering alleged facts not in evidence at the time of sentencing. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND.
At the time the government brought the charges relating to this action, Wright was an inmate of the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners at Springfield, Missouri. On August 6, 1985, the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- United States v. James W. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
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