163053P.pdf   04/26/2017  United States  v.  Timothy Anderson
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-3053
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Murphy and Kelly, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. The district court did not err in denying 
   defendant's motion to dismiss his indictment on the ground that his 
   prosecution for distributing heroin violated his rights under the 
   Religious Freedom Restoration Act; defendant is being prosecuted for 
   distributing heroin to others for non-religious use; the prosecution of 
   defendant under the Controlled Substances Act furthers the compelling 
   government interest in mitigating the risk that heroin will be diverted to 
   recreational users; the government has chosen the least restrictive means 
   necessary to further that interest; the district court did not err in 
   refusing to permit defendant to present this defense to the jury.