Legal Opinion
United States v. Joe Harris
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 4, 1992No. 92-1100PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Joe Harris appeals his conviction and sentence on drug-related conspiracy and distribution charges. For reversal of his conviction, he argues that the District Court 1 deprived him of due process by improperly instructing the jury on the government’s burden of establishing guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. As to the sentence, Harris contends that the District Court erred in denying him a two-level reduction for his role in the offense. We affirm.
We turn first to the challenged instruction. Over Harris’s timely objection, the District Court read to the jury Eighth Circuit…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- United States v. Richard Lee KnightCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
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