083272P.pdf   07/01/2009  United States  v.  Horacio Cruz-Zuniga
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-3272
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - Cape Girardeau   
   [PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Benton and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - criminal law and sentencing. District court did not err
   in using Eighth Circuit Model Jury Instruction 4.05A on credibility of
   cooperating witnesses as opposed to defendant's proposed non-pattern
   instruction on the issue; nor did the court err in giving Model Instruction
   3.11 on reasonable doubt; district court may find drug quantity by a
   preponderance of the evidence for the purpose of applying sentencing
   enhancements; no error in denying request for acceptance of
   responsibility where defendant stood trial and denied the factual elements
   of guilt; district court properly considered and applied the 3553(a)
   sentencing factors and did not impose an unreasonable sentence.