062452P.pdf   05/05/2008  United States  v.  Craig Allen Thomas
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-2452
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with Colloton and Benton, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - Criminal law and Sentencing. On remand from the
   Supreme Court of the United States for reconsideration under Kimbrough
   v. U.S. Although the police erred in searching defendant's pocket, the
   evidence was admissible under the inevitable discovery doctrine; district
   court did not err in imposing an enhancement for obstruction of justice
   based on defendant's perjured testimony at the suppression hearing; case
   remanded under Kimbrough for consideration of a downward variance.
   Judge Colloton, concurring, joined by Judge Benton.
  
062452P.pdf   03/28/2007  United States  v.  Craig Allen Thomas
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-2452
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with Colloton and Benton, Circuit
   Judges]
   Criminal case - Criminal law and Sentencing. While the seizure of a
   bus ticket from defendant's back pocket was improper, the evidence was
   admissible under the inevitable discovery doctrine; defendant's response
   to officer calling his name gave officers reason to arrest him on
   outstanding warrant and search him incident to arrest; defendant's
   assertion that the stop was racially motivated was not supported by the
   evidence as the officers did not stop several other African Americans on
   the bus and the evidence showed that defendant resembled the photo of a
   man who was wanted for murder; district court did not err in imposing an
   obstruction-of-justice enhancement; challenged to the 100:1 crack-to-
   powder cocaine ratio rejected. Judge Colloton, concurring, joined by
   Judge Benton.