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072641P.pdf 07/30/2008 United States v. Brian Johnson
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 07-2641
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
[PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Hansen and Melloy, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - criminal law. Considering the facts of the case and the
likelihood of prejudice, the district court did not err in admitting evidence
of defendant's flight attempt; no error in admitting evidence that a
handgun was found abandoned at the scene of defendant's arrest as it
went to the issue of his possession of another weapon; out-of-court
statements of co-defendants were properly admitted as the district court
substantially complied with the procedures set out in U.S. v. Bell, 573
F.2d 1040 (8th Cir. 1978), and defendant was not prejudiced by the court's
failure to make specific Bell findings; any error in admitting a controlled-
buy informant's statement to investigating officer was harmless; district
court did not abuse its discretion in granting a one-week continuance to
allow the government to procure a witness's attendance.