U.S. v. JOHNSON

No. 05-4485.

462 F.3d 815 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Leon JOHNSON, also known as James Johnson, also known as Terrell Hill, also known as Williams McHee, also known as William C. McGhee, also known as William C. McGee, also known as William McGhee, also known as Terrell Eiill, also known as William T. McGhee, also known as Tyrone Hill, also known as Ricky Talman, also known as Ricky Tolbert, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 8, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Bishop, argued, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for appellant.

Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, argued, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for appellee.

Before BYE, HANSEN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


SMITH, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Leon Johnson of three federal firearms violations, as well as two federal narcotics violations. The district court1 sentenced Johnson to life imprisonment. Johnson appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence; the district court's denial of his motion to sever the narcotics counts from the firearms counts; and its denial of his dismissal motion for alleged grand jury error and prosecutorial...

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