072162P.pdf   08/12/2008  United States  v.  Carl Richardson
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  07-2162
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul   
   [PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Bye and Arnold, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - criminal law. The initial police contact with defendant
   was not a seizure, and his voluntary statement that he was driving without
   a license gave officers probable cause to arrest him; defendant abandoned
   the weapon the officers seized and it was properly admitted; district court
   did not abuse its discretion in dismissing charges without prejudice for
   Speedy Trial Act violation, as it properly weighed all of the relevant
   factors; district court did not err in holding trial on the same day the
   government re-indicted defendant as it had notified defendant that if it
   granted his Speedy Trial Act motion trial would proceed if the
   government had a superseding indictment ready; defendant has no right to
   have a trial in or jurors summoned from a particular division of the
   district; claim that allowing one scientist to testify regarding DNA tests
   conducted by another scientist violated defendant's Sixth Amendment
   rights rejected; hearsay objection to the evidence was properly rejected.