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063270P.pdf 06/15/2007 USA v. Tyrone Hilliard
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 06-3270
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
[PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Bowman and Arnold, Circuit
Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law and Sentencing. Officers reasonably
believed person who consented to search of the residence where
defendant was staying was a resident of the home and had authority to
consent to the search, especially in light of the fact that defendant was
present and raised no objection to the search; evidence was sufficient to
support firearms conviction; judiciary findings of drug quantity for
sentencing purposes do not violate the Sixth Amendment.