United States v. Tillman, No. 13-3476 (8th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed her conviction for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least one kilogram of heroin. The court concluded that there was sufficient evidence to convict defendant; the district court did not err in denying defendant her "buyer/seller" jury instruction where defendant's participation in the conspiracy spanned years, with multiple drug transactions and multiple customers; and the district court correctly instructed the jury on the drug quantity attributable to her where defendant jointly proposed the disputed instruction and never objected to it. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court.
Court Description: Criminal case - Criminal law. Evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction for conspiracy to distribute and possess at least one kilogram of heroin; district court did not abuse its discretion by rejecting defendant's request for a buyer-seller instruction as it was not supported by the evidence, which showed that the conspiracy spanned years, with multiple transactions and customers; defendant jointly proposed the instruction on drug quantity and could not now claim it was erroneous.
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