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104 F.3d 364

Docket No. 95-3723.

Billy Lee Smith v. United States

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

Submitted Dec. 6, 1996 Decided Dec. 12, 1996.

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Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1996-12-12

Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)

Relies on United States v. Caslavka

Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided 1996-12-12

NOTICE: Eighth Circuit Rule 28A(k) governs citation of unpublished opinions and provides that they are not precedent and generally should not be cited unless relevant to establishing the doctrines of res judicata, collateral estoppel, the law of the case, or if the opinion has persuasive value on a material issue and no published opinion would serve as well.

Before FAGG, WOLLMAN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

¶1

Billy Lee Smith was convicted by a jury of possession of ephedrine, a listed chemical, with intent to manufacture methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(1). He was sentenced to 92 months of imprisonment and a $10,000 fine, and his conviction was affirmed on direct appeal. The present appeal is taken from district court's1 denial of Smith's motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255.

¶2

After careful consideration of the record and the parties' briefs, we conclude that the district court correctly dismissed Smith's motion, and that an opinion would lack precedential value. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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The Honorable H. Franklin Waters, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendation of the Honorable Beverly R. Stites, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Arkansas

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