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122643P.pdf 08/05/2013 United States v. Edward Jefferson
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 12-2643
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
[PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Shepherd, Circuit
Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law and Sentencing. Evidence was sufficient to
support defendant's conviction on drug conspiracy and communications
charges; no error in calculating drug quantity; sentence was not
substantively unreasonable; challenge to jury composition rejected; there
was no constructive amendment of the indictment or variance between the
indictment and the proof; Rule 404(b) argument regarding evidence of a
traffic stop and drug possession conviction rejected; district court did
not abuse its discretion by permitting the jury to hear certain tapes
during its deliberations; challenge to Allen charge rejected; 8 pro se
arguments rejected without comment.