Legal Opinion

United States v. McCarther

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 3, 2010No. 08-3169PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Bobby McCarther appeals from his life sentence following his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 & 846. McCarther argues that the district court 1 erred in not granting his motion to sever a firearm charge from the second superseding indictment, improperly enhanced his sentence based on two prior drug crimes, and wrongly calculated the base offense level. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

McCarther was involved in an extensive drug dealing conspiracy in Nebraska that spanned from the beginning of 1996 through…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. United States v. Kenneth A. Possick, A/K/A Kenneth RobertsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
  2. United States v. SaddlerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
  3. United States v. Steven Thomas RodgersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
  4. United States v. Ronald TitlbachCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
  5. United States v. Jose Lazaro RobainaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994

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3Cited by11 opinions

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