151236P.pdf   02/24/2016  United States  v.  Andre Taylor
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-1236
                          and No:  15-2269
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Smith and Benton, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. Evidence was sufficient to 
   support defendant Taylor's conviction for conspiracy to distribute more 
   than 1,000 kilos of marijuana and more than 5 kilos of cocaine, as well as 
   his convictions for aiding and abetting the distribution of cocaine and 
   conspiracy to commit murder for hire and possession of a machine gun; 
   evidence was also sufficient to support defendant Vicker's conviction for 
   conspiracy to distribute less than 100 kilos of marijuana; there was a 
   sufficient basis for an FBI agent to identify defendant Taylor's voice on 
   wiretap recordings; any Confrontation Clause error in admitting a police 
   officer's testimony relating to a report of a shooting was harmless in 
   light of the other evidence concerning defendant Taylor's intent to have 
   the man killed; the district court erred by applying the murder cross 
   reference in Guidelines Sec. 2D1.1(d)(1) to defendant Taylor as the murder 
   of a man named Ewing was not relevant conduct under Guidelines Sec. 1B1.3; 
   remanded for resentencing.