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042706P.pdf   06/08/2005  United States  v.  Angel Velazquez
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  04-2706
                          and No:  04-2754
   District of Nebraska   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Loken, Chief Judge, and Riley, 
   Circuit Judge] 
   Criminal case - criminal law. Evidence was sufficient to support drug 
   conspiracy conviction; evidence concerning defendant's possession of a 
   weapon was probative to establish defendant's participation in the 
   conspiracy and was admissible; fact of prior convictions does not need to 
   be proven to the jury for sentencing purposes under Booker or Shepard; 
   defendant had adequate notice of the government's intention to seek 
   sentencing under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 851. 
  
042706P.pdf   05/20/2005  United States  v.  Angel Velazquez
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  04-2706
                          and No:  04-2754
   District of Nebraska   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Loken, Chief Judge, and Riley, 
   Circuit Judge] 
   Criminal case - criminal law. Evidence was sufficient to support drug 
   and firearm convictions; no error in denying motion in limine; defendant 
   had adequate notice of the prosecution's intent to rely on prior 
   convictions.