United States v. Herra-Herra, No. 16-3410 (8th Cir. 2017)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. The court held that the Allen charge was not impermissibly coercive, and the district court did not abuse its discretion in giving the charge as opposed to granting a mistrial as requested by defendant; the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction; and defendant's within-Guidelines sentence was substantively reasonable and the district court did not abuse its discretion.
Court Description: Beam, Author, with Riley and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. No error in giving an Allen charge; evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine; within-Guidelines sentence was presumptively reasonable on appeal and nothing in the record rebuts this presumption. [ June 26, 2017
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