Legal Opinion

United States v. Buckley

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided May 12, 2008No. 06-4092PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOKEN, Chief Judge.

A jury convicted Maurice Buckley, Jr., of conspiring to distribute fifty grams or more of a substance containing cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1), and 846. Buckley appeals, arguing the evidence was insufficient, he was prejudiced by a variance between the single conspiracy charged in the indictment and the multiple conspiracies proved at trial, and the district court 1 abused its discretion in admitting evidence of a prior drug distribution offense. We affirm.

I. Sufficiency of the Evidence

At trial, Omaha Police Officer Paul Mi-lone testified…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. United States v. Amanda WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
  4. United States v. Corey R. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
  5. United States v. Michael Anthony Duff, Mason P. Peck, Thomas Lee Ridley Iii, and Willi J. HillCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996

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3Cited by29 opinions

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  4. United States v. FoxxCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
  5. United States v. DelgadoCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011

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