HARRIS

v.

ILLINOIS

Citator

Cited By (13 total)

• United States v. Candie, 974 F.2d 61 (8th Cir. 1992)
  …).. Quantity is an issue for the sentencing judge; the government must prove quantity at sentencing by a preponderance of the evidence. See United States v. Gooden, 892 F. 2d 725, 727-28 (8th Cir.1989), cert. denied sub nom. Keener v. United States, 496 U.S. 908, 110 S.Ct. 2594, 110 L.Ed.2d 274 (1990). Rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure prescribes many of the procedures that attend the sentencing process. With few exceptions, Rule 32 requires that a probation officer prepare a PSR that cont…
• United States v. Harris, 956 F.2d 177 (8th Cir. 1992)
  …vidence on behalf of Harris at Harris’s request. We see no abuse of discretion here. Evidence probative of a witness’s truthfulness is admissible to impeach the witness. E.g., United States v. Fuller, 887 F. 2d 144, 147 (8th Cir.1989), cert. denied, 496 U.S. 908, 110 S.Ct. 2592, 110 L.Ed.2d 273 (1990). Likewise, evidence showing a witness’s bias is almost always admissible. United States v. Abel, 469 U.S. 45, 52, 105 S.Ct. 465, 469, 83 L.Ed.2d 450 (1984). The prosecutor’s questions went directly to the…
• United States v. Davila, 964 F.2d 778 (8th Cir. 1992)
  …marijuana to states other than Nebraska was part of the “same course of conduct” as the charged conspiracy. United States v. Lawrence, 915 F. 2d 402, 406-08 (8th Cir.1990); United States v. Gooden, 892 F. 2d 725, 728-29 (8th Cir.1989), cert. denied, 496 U.S. 908, 110 S.Ct. 2594, 110 L.Ed.2d 274 (1990). Davila testified that he obtained this marijuana from the same sources as the marijuana sent to Nebraska and distributed it during the same time period. Sentencing Tr. at 79-87. We also uphold the district…