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064135U.pdf   09/14/2009  USA  v.  Clint Ball
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-4135
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Per curiam - Before Bye, Riley and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - criminal law and sentencing. For the court's prior opinion in the matter see United States v. Ball, 499 F.3d 890 (8th Cir. 2007). On remand from the Supreme Court for reconsideration under Gall, see Ball v. United States, 129 S.Ct. 2049 (2009). Defendant's sentence does not run afoul of Gall; however, the Supreme Court's ruling in Arizona v. Gant, 129 S.Ct. 1710 (2009) may be relevant to the issues, and, without vacating the district court's judgment, the matter is remanded to permit the district court to analyze the suppression issues in light of Gant, and for a further evidentiary hearing, should the court deem it necessary. 064135P.pdf 08/22/2007 USA v. Clint Ball U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 06-4135 U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield [PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Bye and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. Statements agents relied upon in creating the search warrant application had indicia of reliability and the application created probable cause to issue the warrant; warrantless search of the defendant's vehicle was contemporaneous with his arrest and was permissible; challenges to evidentiary rulings rejected; evidence was sufficient to support drug conspiracy and firearms convictions; prior state drug conviction was a qualifying offense under 21 U.S.C. Sec. 841(b) even though defendant received a suspended sentence in the case; sentence was not unreasonable as it was at the bottom of the applicable guidelines range, was only 22 months above the applicable statutory mandatory minimum and was the sentence requested by his attorney.