Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert L. Turner, Also Known as Rob, United States of America v. Gilbert L. Dowdy, United States of America v. Steven D. Baker
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 21, 1992No. 91-1490, 91-1522 and 91-1969PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.
Robert Turner, Gilbert Dowdy, and Steven Baker appeal their convictions stemming from their involvement in a drug-distribution conspiracy. We affirm.
On February 20, 1990, a grand jury returned a twenty-seven count indictment naming eleven people, including the defendants. The indictment involved charges related to a conspiracy, headed by Dowdy, to distribute cocaine and cocaine base in the Kansas City, Missouri, area, from early 1981 through January 19, 1990. Before trial, seven of the eleven charged in the indictment pleaded guilty, with some of them agreeing…
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