Legal Opinion
United States v. Sherman Ray Meirovitz
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 21, 1990No. 90-5017MNPublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Sherman Ray Meirovitz was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Meirovitz appeals his conviction, claiming (1) that his Miranda waiver, confession and consent to search his home were involuntary; (2) that the district court 1 erred in admitting weapons and ammunition seized from his home; and (3) that the government failed to prove predisposition to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute. Meirovitz also claims that his sentence is constitutionally…
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