United States v. David Joseph Mickelson

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

David Mickelson appeals his conviction and sentence for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and to distribute pseudoephedrine knowing or having reasonable cause to believe it would be used to make methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), (c)(2), and 846. A jury convicted Mickelson of these charges, and the district court 1 sentenced him to 121 months’ imprisonment, five years supervised release, and a special $100 assessment. We affirm.

I. Background,

Mickelson, as manager of a BIG Ten Mart convenience store in Waterloo, Iowa, gained access…