Legal Opinion
United States v. Dewayne Wright
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 29, 1998No. 97-2869PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Dewayne Wright was tried and convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). He appeals, challenging (1) the district court’s 1 denial of his motion to suppress, (2) the court’s failure to compel disclosure of the identity of the confidential informant, (3) certain evidentiary rulings, and (4) his sentence of 120 months’ imprisonment. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On April 10, 1996, Officer Adam Kyle of the Omaha Police Department received information from a confidential informant regarding a purchase of crack cocaine that had allegedly…
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