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022233P.pdf 10/17/2003 United States v. Damien Wells
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 02-2233
District of Nebraska
Criminal case - criminal law. When defendant's first trial resulted in
acquittal on two counts of possession and a hung jury and mistrial on
the third count, the principles of double jeopardy did not bar the
government from reintroducing evidence regarding the acquittal
counts at the retrial of the third count; search warrant was supported
by probable cause; while search of the vehicle in which defendant was
riding was not a search incident to arrest, the officers had probable
cause to search the vehicle based on their belief the car contained
evidence of a crime; tapes of conversations with confidential
informant were properly admitted, as defendant's voice was
identified; district court did not err in allowing numbers from pager
and cell phone memory banks to be admitted; admission of directing
officer's testimony after confidential informant who purchased crack
from defendant refused to testify was not error.