U.S. v. WIGGINS

No. 12-4007.

747 F.3d 959 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Theodore S. WIGGINS, also known as Theo, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 3, 2014.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 15, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Walker , Duchardt & Walker, L.L.P., Kansas City, MO, argued, for appellant.

Philip M. Koppe , Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, argued ( Tammy Dickinson , U.S. Atty., Brent B. Venneman , Asst. U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BENTON, BEAM, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Theodore Wiggins appeals his conviction by jury and sentence for conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and more than 50 grams of cocaine base. The district court1 sentenced him to life imprisonment pursuant to the sentencing enhancement provisions of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 and 851. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Police in Kansas City, Missouri, began looking into Wiggins as part...

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