Legal Opinion
United States v. Donald K. Shephard
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 4, 1993No. 92-3639PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Donald K. Shephard, having been convicted on twenty counts of charges related to dealing cocaine and crack and sentenced to life imprisonment, complains that he is a victim of sentencing entrapment. He also argues that the indictment was multiplicitous because it charged him in twenty counts for similar behavior. We affirm the convictions and sentence of the district court. 1
Because the indictment covers acts taking place over eight months, the facts of the case are many and repetitious, and we only summarize them. Shephard’s trouble began in April 1988, when a…
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3Cited by74 opinions
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