Legal Opinion
United States v. Reed Raymond Prior
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 25, 1997No. 96-2110PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
Reed Raymond Prior received a mandatory life sentence following his plea of guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1994). Prior appeals his sentence and the district court’s 1 denial of his motion to withdraw his plea. We affirm.
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Acting upon information that Prior was dealing in narcotics, police made numerous attempts to locate Prior. On May 2, 1995, police located Prior’s vehicle at a Motel 6 in Des Moines, Iowa. They observed Prior carrying bags to his car as he prepared to leave his room.…
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