Nos. ; see also United States v. McCullah, 76 F.3d 1087, 1103 (10th Cir. Just prior to June 24, Jeffrey Lane Barnes had also come to Minnesota from his home in Los Angeles. In contrast, in United States v. Long, 900 F.2d 1270 (8th Cir. ), cert. The inquiry instead must focus on whether the co-defendant's redacted confession itself implicates the defendant; there is no violation where the confession implicates the defendant only when linked to other evidence. Click on an IDOC# to view details regarding an offender on this list. See United States v. Shoffner, 71 F.3d 1429, 1433 (8th Cir.1995). Because there was no explicit reference to the defendant by name and the language of the statement did not itself otherwise draw attention to the defendant or invite speculation, we held the admission to be proper. Taped discussions between Jones and Barnes led authorities to others involved in drug distribution. MURDER USA: Baltimore BGF Gang Member Kenneth Jones aka K Slay Sentenced To Life In Prison For Federal Racketeering And Drug Conspiracy Charges Gang was Responsible for Seven Murders, along with Armed Robberies, Shootings, and Stabbings All the cool names were taken, so these guys were stuck with these monikers: We hold the district court did not err in submitting this issue to the jury. The subsequent investigation revealed that Jones headed a substantial drug distribution operation responsible for importing at least fifty pounds of cocaine into Minnesota for resale. His body had been wrapped in plastic, doused with gasoline, and set ablaze within two miles of Jones' condominium. . View Public Record Results ✓ Addresses. He was preceded in death by his father Harry Billy Jones. Sufficiency of Evidence: CCE-Murder and Drug Distribution Conspiracy. at 21. denied, 516 U.S. 877, 116 S.Ct. at 1489-91. Contact Authorities. Barnes also disputes the hearsay confession testimony offered by the pastor, an inmate, and Barnes' nephew. Barnes contests the ballistics evidence offered by ATF agent John O'Neill and O'Neill's conclusion that the firearm in Barnes' luggage was the weapon used to kill Duon. Get free summaries of new Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals opinions delivered to your inbox! Read More Geoffrey Warren Barnes , 46 Lives in Cincinnati, OH AKA: Geoffrey W Barnes %0 Electronic Article %A Tumasyan, Armen %A Adam, Wolfgang %A Andrejkovic, Janik Walter %A Bergauer, Thomas %A Chatterjee, Suman %A Damanakis, Konstantinos %A Dragicevic, Marko %A Since Marsh, we have had several occasions to consider the admissibility of a co-defendant's confession from which a defendant's name has been removed and replaced with a neutral pronoun. 21 U.S.C. Name: Jeff Donnell Sr: Born: Jul 1961: Age: 61 : Relatives: Ashley N Webb Darlene Donnell Jeffery L Donnell Marlene Donnell: Addresses: 605 Lake Rd #10, Dyersburg, TN 38024 711 Homestead Dr, Troy, TN 38260 3848 Bethlehem Rd, Union City, TN 38261. U.S. v. Jelinek, 57 F.3d 655 (8th Cir. GULFPORT, MSForty-nine individuals are facing drug charges in four separate federal indictments unsealed on Wednesday, August 1, announced U.S . Past residents include Nick Pope, Kenneth Dukes, Mattie Dukes, Jeannie Barnes and . Id. To prove CCE-murder under 21 U.S.C. The email address cannot be subscribed. 1555, 1565, 131 L.Ed.2d 490 (1995). 848(e)(1), the government must prove: (1) that Barnes was engaged in or working in the furtherance of Jones' CCE; (2) that Barnes intentionally killed Duon or commanded, induced, procured or caused his intentional killing; (3) that Duon's killing actually resulted; and (4) that there was a substantive connection between the killing and the CCE. 1241, 134 L.Ed.2d 419 (1996) (holding that conspiracy to distribute drugs under 846 is a lesser included offense of engaging in a CCE under 848 and that only one judgment may be entered where a defendant is convicted of both for the same agreement); see also United States v. Possick, 849 F.2d 332, 341 (8th Cir.1988) (same). There, in a post-arrest statement admitted into evidence, a co-defendant disclosed that he had been instructed to deliver heroin to "someone" on a date certain. Jones asserts that he is entitled to a new trial because of prosecutorial misconduct involving the use of the recorded phone conversation between Barnes and the government informant. denied, --- U.S. ----, 116 S. Ct. 236, 133 L. Ed. See Rutledge v. United States, 517 U.S. 292, 116 S.Ct. As noted, the government recognizes that the Supreme Court's decision in Rutledge and this circuit's earlier decision in Possick establish that a dual conviction for conspiracy to distribute drugs under 846 and engaging in a CCE under 848(a) violates the Double Jeopardy Clause because the former is a lesser included offense of the latter, Jones does not here challenge the admitted hearsay testimony offered by Thomas Carter, The Court noted that it was expressing no opinion on the admissibility of confessions in which the defendant's name is replaced with a pronoun, like the confessions admitted in this case. 848(a). We distinguished Garcia because in Long the co-defendant's cross-examination of the agent "led the jury straight to the conclusion that 'someone' referred to [the defendant]." See Tipton, 90 F.3d at 887. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Without regard to Barnes' confessions linking Jones to the murder in relation to a drug deal, the evidence tends to support the conclusion that: Duon was a major drug source for Jones' CCE; on behalf of his CCE Jones paid Duon a very large sum of cash for drugs shortly before Duon's murder; and Jones acquired a very large sum of cash shortly after the murder. We review sufficiency of the evidence by considering the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury's verdicts. He would be sitting at his favorite table, dubbed "table 5," reading, writing, and entertaining friends who would stop to talk.</p><p><br></p><p>Those chats could be wide ranging, from Zen Buddhism, rock 'n' roll - loved the Beatles, but . The Seventh Circuit in United States v. Cooper distinguished persons engaged in a CCE from persons working in furtherance of a CCE, and concluded that one need not be the CCE kingpin (i.e., engaged in a CCE) to work to further the CCE. The Bruton Court reversed the conviction as a violation of the Confrontation Clause, notwithstanding the trial court's instruction to the jury that it may consider the confession only against the co-defendant. In United States v. Anderson we observed, "It is not our province on appeal to reweigh the evidence or judge the credibility of witnesses when reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence. Thus, we will not second-guess the jury's apparent crediting of Agent O'Neill's conclusion, notwithstanding the uncertainty of other experts, nor will we reweigh the credibility of the confession witnesses. 2. The government concedes that Jones cannot be convicted under the facts of this case both for engaging in a CCE and for conspiring with others to distribute drugs. We apply the same test, discussed above, in reviewing whether the evidence was sufficient for the jury to convict Jones of CCE-murder under 21 U.S.C. Authorities learned that Barnes told three different individuals, including Barnes' nephew, a fellow inmate, and a pastor, that he and Jones had killed Duon Walker after Duon attempted to cheat them in a drug deal. Kenneth Jones, age 23, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced to 38 months of incarceration by U.S. District Court Judge Sarah S. Vance after he pleaded guilty to two counts of. Additionally, the report revealed that Robert believed Jones may have conspired to kill Duon, and that Robert believed Duon was in possession of a large quantity of drugs and money at the time of his murder. Of course, the very question presupposes that, if left without instruction, the jury might easily and logically apply the confession to the defendant. Moreover, even if Robert had been called as a witness, it would have been improper for him to testify regarding the false gas tank simply to impeach Babadjanian. Jones does not argue that the prosecutor or other evidence impermissibly linked the pronouns used in the redacted confessions to Jones.4 That other independent circumstantial evidence tended to suggest that Barnes and Jones committed the murder together does not render admission of the redacted confessions erroneous. 848(e) (1) (A). There are 40 other people named Jeffrey A. Barnes on AllPeople. United States v. Malone, 49 F.3d 393, 397 (8th Cir. Indeed, the record establishes that the prosecutor carefully applied the confessions only to Barnes. While the parties do not cite United States v. Bennett, 848 F.2d 1134 (11th Cir.1988), we find it necessary to note the distinction between the improper admission there and the proper admission here. Post #10281, Vine Grove, KY, Patriot Guard Riders and Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association. He has said he owns a ferret named Roscoe. The appellants' convictions stem from an extensive investigation by state and federal law enforcement agencies into the criminal activities of Jeffrey Lane Barnes, Kenneth Jones, and others who authorities believed were responsible for a major drug distribution operation and several drug-related murders. This is a complete list of the biographical files that we have. Jones raises several other trial errors. Barnes' reliance on the general CCE principle that the kingpin is the primary focus is misplaced as it relates to his conviction of CCE-murder. Double Jeopardy: CCE and Drug Distribution Conspiracy. Kyles v. Whitley, 514 U.S. 419, ----, 115 S. Ct. 1555, 1565, 131 L. Ed. The way Ken Jones has written this book is like he is talking directly to his readers. 1995). Jeff "J-Dog" Barnes, 63, of Vine Grove, KY passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Jones contends that by admitting Barnes' confessions as provided in the hearsay testimony of Russell Barnes and Marc Looney, the district court denied Jones' right under the Confrontation Clause to cross examine government witnesses.2 He asserts the violation warrants reversal. He also lists certain witnesses who questioned the veracity of the government's three confession witnesses. Icicidirect. Indeed, we agree with the government that the report is generally inculpatory, rather than exculpatory. Assuming, without deciding, that the summary could be construed to be in disregard of the court's limiting instruction, we find no prejudice requiring a mistrial. 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