U.S. v. JOHNSON

No. 93-1119.

1 F.3d 727 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hobart Lee JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virginia G. Villa, Minneapolis, MN, argued, for defendant-appellant.

Nathan P. Patterson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Minneapolis, MN, argued, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge, LAY, Senior Circuit Judge, and FAGG, Circuit Judge.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Hobart Lee Johnson appeals his conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1988). He argues that the district court1 erred in excluding potentially exculpatory testimony as hearsay. We affirm.

In the early morning of February 10, 1992, narcotics officers had the Greyhound Bus Station in St. Paul, Minnesota under surveillance. The officers...

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