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United States v. Isreal Hawkins, Jr.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 29, 2015No. 13-3335, 13-3336, 13-3337, 13-3338, 13-3339PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Isreal Hawkins, Teresa Brown, Johnny Heurung, William Miller, and Martin Roper were convicted of various crimes related to their involvement in promoting and/or selling stock for Petro America Corpora tion (Petro America), an unregistered company that had no value. The defendants appeal their convictions and challenge rulings the district court 1 made with respect to various pre-trial and post-trial motions, juror selection, and numerous evidentiary issues. Heurung also appeals his sentence. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On June 15, 2011, a grand jury sitting in the Western…

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