Legal Opinion
United States v. Jerry Scott
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 1, 2016No. 15-1023PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Circuit Judge.
Jerry Scott appeals his conviction and sentence on several drug and firearms charges following a jury trial. He argues that five of the six convictions must be overturned because they were based on evidence obtained by police-from two vehicle searches — one conducted on May 12, 2010, and the other on March 26, 2012— that he contends were illegal. He also argues there was insufficient evidence presented at trial to support three of the six convictions. Finally, he claifns that the sentence imposed by the district court was both substantively unreasonable and…
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