U.S. v. JOHNSON

No. 88-5346.

879 F.2d 331 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Harold Dean JOHNSON, a/k/a Harold Dean Blaine, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Stickney, Sioux Falls, S.D., for appellant.

John Ulrich, Sioux Falls, S.D., for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN and MAGILL, Circuit Judges, and LARSON, Senior District Judge.


MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

Harold Dean Johnson was convicted of murder in the second degree, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111, 1153. Johnson appeals on two grounds, alleging error in the admission of evidence of a prior act and in the application of the Sentencing Guidelines. We affirm.

I.

On the afternoon of March 29, 1988, Johnson and his sister, Ila Johnson, visited Gary Bettelyoun, Sr. and his wife, Joyce Bettelyoun, at their home in Dante...

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