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013690P.pdf 11/29/2002 United States v. Ismael Ruiz-Estrada
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 01-3690
District of Minnesota
Criminal case - criminal law. Evidence was sufficient to support
conspiracy conviction; prior drug conviction was relevant to a material
issue - knowledge and intent - and was admissible; officers acted
reasonably in securing apartment while waiting for a search warrant
and did not use any information they may have gained in that activity
in the warrant application; facial challenge to constitutionality of
28 U.S.C. Sec. 841(b) rejected.