051755P.pdf   12/12/2005  USA  v.  Joel Beal
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  05-1755
   Northern District of Iowa   
   [PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Arnold and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - criminal law. Officers followed department policy
   when they impounded defendant's car and inventoried its content, and the
   items found during the search were admissible; alternatively, officers had
   probable cause to search vehicle and search was incident to a lawful
   arrest; single remark about defendant's prior theft conviction was grounds
   for a mistrial, as the remark had little effect, the evidence was
   overwhelming and any prejudice was cured by the trial court's curative
   instruction; limits on cross-examination of jailhouse informant were not
   an abuse of the court's discretion.