Legal Opinion
United States v. Alejandro J. Villalpando
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 7, 2001No. 01-1191PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
The United States of America appeals the order of the district court granting Alejandro Villalpando’s motion for new trial. We reverse in part and affirm in part.
I
Defendant Alejandro Villalpando was convicted by a jury of drug conspiracy as charged in Count 1 of the indictment and two firearm offenses charged in Counts 3 and 4. The jury acquitted him on a separate charge of drug possession with intent to distribute as alleged in Count 2. Villal-pando’s trial counsel filed a timely motion for new trial, including arguments that he as trial counsel had “erred” in eleven…
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