Legal Opinion

United States v. Fuller

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 4, 2009No. 08-2262PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Dwayne Antonio Fuller was convicted of conspiring to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846. The district court 1 imposed the statutory minimum of 120 months’ imprisonment, and Fuller appeals. We affirm.

I

We present the facts in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict. United States v. Johnson, 450 F.3d 366, 369 (8th Cir.2006). Beginning sometime around August 2005, Fuller was a mid-level dealer in a Des Moines, Iowa, drug ring. Fuller regularly obtained crack and powder cocaine from the local kingpin, Cisco Burton, and redistributed…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. United States v. Michael BellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
  2. United States v. Donald E. McCracken Ii, United States of America v. Donald E. McCracken IIICourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
  3. United States v. Clyde BeasonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000
  4. United States v. Laurence M. Anderson, United States of America v. Adrian Volk, United States of America v. Robert Lee JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
  5. United States v. Jerold ExsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003

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3Cited by13 opinions

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  4. United States v. Terry HarlanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2016
  5. United States v. Teresa TremusiniCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2012

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