Legal Opinion
United States v. John Newton
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 21, 1999No. 98-3865PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Chief Judge.
John Newton appeals from the sentence imposed by the district court 3 following his conviction on one count of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, one count of possession with the intent to distribute heroin, and three counts of distribution of cocaine, all in violation of 21 U.S.C. '§ 841(a)(1). We af■firm.
In early February 1998, Newton sold drugs to a confidential informant in Lincoln County, Missouri. The sale initiated a three-month federal investigation, during which Joseph Fink, a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, would…
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