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041882P.pdf   05/26/2005  United States  v.  Alfred James Clark
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  04-1882
   District of Minnesota   
   Criminal case - Criminal case. Batson challenge rejected; defendant's 
   presence was not required at discussions concerning the district court's 
   response to questions from the jury, and his absence did not violate Rule 
   43 or his Sixth Amendment rights; it was reasonable for police officers 
   conducting a search of defendant's home to believe that his wife had 
   authority to consent to a search of a closet attic; defendant failed to show 
   a reasonable probability that the district court would have imposed a 
   lesser sentence under an advisory guidelines scheme and he was not 
   entitled to Booker relief under Pirani. 
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Lay and Colloton, Circuit Judges]