U.S. v. NELSON

Nos. 19-3597, 19-3686.

982 F.3d 1141 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tyrone James NELSON, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Dontell Sykes, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 16, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deidre Yvonne Aanstad , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Keala C. Ede , Federal Public Defender's Office, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Tyrone James Nelson, Pro Se.

Glenn P. Bruder , Mitchell & Bruder, Eden Prairie, MN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Robert Dontell Sykes, Pro Se.

Before COLLOTON, GRUENDER, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges.


Tyrone Nelson and Robert Sykes pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute heroin. Both men were serving state sentences at the time of their convictions. The district court1 sentenced Nelson to 77 months' imprisonment and Sykes to 60 months' imprisonment. The court provided that each federal...

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