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073836P.pdf 11/17/2008 United States v. Modesto Tlaseca
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 07-3836
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul
[PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Murphy and Bye, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - criminal law and sentencing. District court did not
err in determining warrants for searches of defendants' residences
were supported by probable cause; evidence was sufficient to support
conspiracy conviction; district court did not err in determining
defendant's prior conviction in Utah was a felony drug conviction
requiring the imposition of a 20-year mandatory sentence; no error
in imposing an enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 3B1.1 for management
role in the offense.