UNITED STATES v. HERNANDEZ

No. 20-1343.

999 F.3d 1181 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Julia Lagunas HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 9, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument and appeared on the brief on behalf of the appellant was Rockne Ole Cole , of Iowa City, IA.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Kristin Herrera , AUSA, of Des Moines, IA. The following attorney appeared on the appellee brief; Mikaela Jo Shotwell , AUSA, of Des Moines, IA.

Before COLLOTON, WOLLMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


A jury convicted Julia Lagunas Hernandez of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and distribution of methamphetamine. The district court1 sentenced Lagunas to a term of 156 months' imprisonment. Lagunas appeals, arguing that improper prosecutorial argument deprived her of a fair trial, that...

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