United States v. Shumaker, No. 16-3739 (8th Cir. 2017)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The court held that the district court did not err in denying defendant's motion for a judgment of acquittal because the evidence presented at trial was sufficient to support his conviction. Furthermore, the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's motion for a new trial because the newly discovered evidence was not material to the issues involved and would not have produced an acquittal at a new trial.
Court Description: Beam, Author, with Riley and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal law. Evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute; the district court did not err in denying defendant's motion for new trial based on newly-discovered evidence as the evidence was not material to the issues involved and would not have produced an acquittal.
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