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UNITED STATES v. ROENIGK

No. 86-1682.

810 F.2d 809 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Wayne ROENIGK, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 4, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall Dale Evans, Fayetteville, Ark., for appellant.

Larry McCord, Asst. U.S. Atty., Fort Smith, Ark., for appellee.

Before FAGG, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

Wayne Roenigk appeals a jury verdict and district court order sentencing him to three years' imprisonment for committing perjury under 18 U.S.C. § 1623 in his alibi witness testimony during a prior cocaine conspiracy trial. We hold that the district court committed reversible error in Roenigk's perjury trial, in admitting prejudicial evidence and argument of the prior cocaine transactions, and remand the case for a new trial.

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