U.S. v. PUCKETT

Nos. 97-2825, 97-3095, 97-3096, 97-3098, 97-3100 and 97-3184.

147 F.3d 765 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jesse PUCKETT, Defendant-Appellant, UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lyndon SIMMONS, Defendant-Appellant, UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Deleon GADISON, Defendant-Appellant, UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George HARPER, Defendant-Appellant, UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tyrone REDMOND, also known as Isaac Thomas, Defendant-Appellant, UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jessica SPARLIN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Shinkle, Des Moines, IA, argued, for Appellant Jesse Puckett.

Ronald Lee Wheeler, Des Moines, IA, argued, for Appellant Lyndon Simmons.

Patrick Howard Payton, Des Moines, IA, argued, for Appellant Deleon Gadison.

Robert A. Wright, Des Moines, IA, argued, for Appellant George Harper.

Patricia Mullen Hulting, Des Moines, IA, argued, for Appellant Tyrone Redmond.

Clifford R. Cronk, Rock Island, IL, argued, for Appellee.

Before BOWMAN, Chief Judge, McMILLIAN and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Jesse Puckett, Lyndon Simmons, Deleon Gadison, George Harper, Tyrone Redmond, and Jessica Sparlin appeal their convictions for conspiracy to distribute cocaine base or crack, 21 U.S.C. § 856, possession of crack with intent to distribute, and opening and maintaining a place where controlled substances are distributed, 21 U.S.C. § 846. They raise issues of sufficiency of the evidence and related to the denial by the district court

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