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   Federal Courts - 8th Circuit Court of Appeals - June 5, 2007

  
Carney v. Fabian, No. 06-3150, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT, June 5, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Inmate's habeas petition was procedurally defaulted because the inmate did not exhaust state remedies by fairly presenting to the state courts his claim that denial of a heat-of-passion manslaughter instruction violated due process under the Fourteenth Amendment; the inmate's arguments on direct appeal were based solely on state law.

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Poolman v. City of Grafton, No. 06-3220, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT, June 5, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Whether or not the officer considered his actions of placing videotaping equipment in a renter's bathroom wrong, he did not contest the substance of the accusations leveled against him and, thus, whether he admitted that his actions were wrong did not have any material bearing on the officer's liberty interest claim; district court was affirmed.

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United States v. Felder, No. 06-1959, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT, June 5, 2007, Filed
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Overview: The within-guidelines 30 month sentence imposed on defendant, after he pleaded guilty to fraud and identity theft offenses, was not unreasonable. The district court had considered defendant's family circumstances before imposing a sentence at low end of applicable sentencing guidelines range. It also properly considered sentence's deterrent effect.

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United States v. Sanchez, No. 06-3919, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT, June 5, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Defendant's convictions for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and delivery of cocaine were affirmed because evidence introduced at trial showed that he supplied cocaine to numerous distributors, that he introduced distributors and purchasers to one another to facilitate further illegal drug sales, and that he had delivered cocaine to a third party.

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United States v. Sjolie, No. 05-4011, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT, June 5, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Defendant's guidelines sentence was not unreasonable under 18 U.S.C.S. § 3553(a) because defendant's medical needs would be taken care of by BOP, defendant had not shown that re-fitting his prosthetic leg was medically necessary or that BOP could not arrange for same if it became necessary, and there was need to deter defendant's criminal conduct.

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