Legal Opinion
United States v. Ragland
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 11, 2009No. 07-2428PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises from the retrial of Dorian Ragland on charges that he distributed heroin resulting in death. The first trial ended with the district court 1 granting a motion for a mistrial after several days of jury deadlock. After the second trial, a jury found Ragland guilty of distribution of heroin resulting in death, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Ragland was sentenced pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(c). Ragland appeals several evidentiary rulings by the district court at trial, as well as the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction. We…
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