Legal Opinion
United States v. Earnest Washington, United States of America v. Wendell E. Fortenberry
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 25, 2003No. 00-3942, 01-2351PublishedCited by 198 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Appellants Earnest Washington and Wendell Fortenberry were convicted in the district court 1 after a seven-day jury trial. Washington was convicted of two counts involving conspiracy to distribute heroin under 21 U.S.C. § 846 and conspiracy to commit murder for hire under 18 U.S.C. § 1958(a). Fortenberry was convicted of three counts, including conspiracy to distribute heroin, conspiracy to commit murder for hire, and murder for hire. They bring separate appeals which we have consolidated. We first address the challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence and then…
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