Legal Opinion
United States v. Ronald Lester Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 10, 1992No. 91-3719PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN W. PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.
Ronald Johnson appeals from a guilty verdict in the district court 1 on one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and two counts of distribution of methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. Johnson challenges his conviction and sentence on the grounds of insufficiency of the evidence, prosecutorial misconduct, and the district court’s application of the Sentencing Guidelines. For the reasons stated below, we reverse and remand for a new trial.
I. FACTS
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