PAYNE v. U.S.

No. 95-1989EM.

78 F.3d 343 (1996)

John Alvin PAYNE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 4, 1996.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied May 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Schlesinger, St. Louis, Missouri, argued, for appellant.

Patricia A. McGarry, Assistant Attorney General, argued (Elizabeth Mayer, Legal Intern., on brief), for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, BOWMAN, Circuit Judge, and JONES, District Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied May 22, 1996.

RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

John Alvin Payne was convicted under the Continuing Criminal Enterprise statute ("CCE"), 21 U.S.C. § 848, and is serving a 50-year sentence with no chance of parole for his managerial role in an interstate cocaine-distribution conspiracy. He was also convicted and sentenced for several other related drug crimes.1 He filed a...

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