Legal Opinion
United States v. Mario M. Contreras
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 7, 2016No. 14-3789PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted Mario Contreras of second degree murder 1 and assault resulting in serious bodily injury; 2 The district court 3 sentenced Contreras to the mandatory minimum sentence of 360 months’ imprisonment. On appeal, Contreras argues that (1) the district court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal based on sufficiency of the evidence; (2) the district court erred in denying his motion for a new trial based on purportedly prejudicial pretrial publicity; (3) the district court made erroneous evidentiary rulings; (4) the district court clearly erred…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- United States v. Jeffrey H. CollinsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
- United States v. Charles Lester MurphyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. StymiestCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
- United States v. PettersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011
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