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073251P.pdf   07/28/2008  United States  v.  James Williams
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  07-3251
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Murphy and Smith, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - criminal law and sentencing. Search of defendant's vehicle following controlled purchase of drugs was supported by probable cause, and evidence seized was properly admitted; no error in admitting evidence of defendant's prior conviction for drug distribution as the conviction went to knowledge and intent; evidence was sufficient to support conviction for conspiracy; mandatory life sentence did not violate defendant's Eighth Amendment rights.