(Download) "United States v. O'Connell" by United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: United States v. O'Connell
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- Release Date : January 14, 1988
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 90 KB
Description
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge. These appeals arise from the conviction of Daniel W. O'Connell, Gregory Cooke, Patrick Collier, William R. Patterson, and Richard Allen St. Cyr for thirty offenses related to the operation of a large marijuana distribution scheme in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area. The appellants were charged with eleven others who pleaded guilty, nine of whom testified at trial. Appellants were convicted of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute marijuana and numerous other charges.1 The primary issues raised on appeal involve the propriety of admitting evidence obtained from telephone wiretaps, the stop and search of an automobile, the admitting of an audio-tape of telephone calls taken from a recording machine in O'Connell's warehouse, and the propriety of the district attorney's closing argument. Additional issues include the sufficiency of the evidence, the admission of evidence of other wrongful acts, and the denial of motions for severance. The judgment entered by the district court2 is affirmed.