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173046P.pdf 07/13/2018 United States v. Antrell Lewis
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 17-3046
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Dubuque
[PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, with Loken and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law. Evidence was sufficient to support
defendant's convictions for conspiracy to distribute heroin and
furanylfentanyl and distribution of the drugs resulting in death and
serious injury; sentencing enhancement found in 21 U.S.C. Sec.
841(b)(1)(C) was sustainable on this record as the expert testimony
provided by the medical professionals established beyond a reasonable
doubt that two victims would not have overdosed "but-for" the use of
furanylfentanyl and that the third victim would not have died "but-for"
the use of furanylfentanyl; nothing in Burrage or the plain language of
the statute limits criminal responsibility to only the last person to
distribute the drug before the harm occurs.