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054164P.pdf 10/11/2006 United States v. Victor Cazares
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 05-4164
District of Nebraska
[PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Loken, Chief Judge, and Colloton,
Circuit Judge]
Criminal case - criminal law. Admission of passenger's statement did
not violate Rule 801(c) or the confrontation clause; giving of instruction
based on Eighth Circuit Model Jury Instruction No. 3.05 was not error;
evidence was sufficient to support conspiracy conviction; district court
did not abuse its discretion in denying motion for new trial based on a
Brady violation. Judge Colloton, concurring in part and concurring in the
judgment.