United States v. Thomas Lee Goldman

1The Honorable Andrew W. Bogue, United States District Judge for the District
of South Dakota, sitting by designation.
2The Honorable G. Thomas Eisele, United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Arkansas.
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 00-1700
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United States of America, *
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Appellee, * Appeal from the United States
* District Court for the
v. * Eastern District of Arkansas.
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Dexter Neal, * [UNPUBLISHED]
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Appellant. *
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Submitted: September 12, 2000
Filed: September 25, 2000
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Before McMILLIAN and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges, and BOGUE,1 District Judge.
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PER CURIAM.
Dexter Neal appeals his conviction under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) for distribution
of cocaine base and cocaine. Defendant argues the District Court2 erred by denying
defendant's motion for a directed verdict based upon insufficiency of the evidence, and
claims ineffective assistance of trial counsel.

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We conclude the evidence presented is adequate to sustain the jury's verdict.
See United States v. Hawkey, 148 F.3d 920, 923 (8th Cir. 1998) (setting out standard
of review). Furthermore, we conclude that the defendant's ineffective assistance claim
is not timely; we reach this conclusion without prejudice to defendant's right to bring
a motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. See United States v. Iversen, 90 F.3d
1340, 1342 (8th Cir. 1996) (dismissing ineffective assistance claim without prejudice
to defendant's right to bring motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255).
Accordingly, the judgment of the District Court is affirmed.
A true copy.
Attest:
CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

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