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011239P.pdf   11/05/2001  United States  v.  Robert Lee Kriens
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  01-1239
   Northern District of Iowa   
   Criminal Case - possession of a firearm by a felon. Defendant's 
   claims that the federal prosecution violated his Fifth and Sixth 
   Amendment rights are rejected, as prosecution was not based 
   on impermissible factors or as punishment for exercising a 
   legal right and former counsel did not supply prosecution with 
   information about defendant's knowledge of drug activities. 
   District court did not err in not suppressing information based 
   on Miranda and did not abuse its discretion in denying an 
   evidentiary hearing. The prior state attempted burglary conviction 
   was properly considered a crime of violence.