083493P.pdf   07/16/2010  United States  v.  Neulan Dae Midkiff
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-3493
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Bye and Melloy, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - criminal law and sentencing. District court did not err
   in denying defendant's motion to sever the tax counts from the fraud,
   conspiracy and money laundering charges as the counts were either based
   on the same acts or were connected as part of a common scheme; further,
   the evidence related to the tax issues (tax protestor documents and
   activities) did not result in severe prejudice, and the court instructed the
   jury to consider each crime separately; some of the evidence related to 
   federal regulators closing several of defendant's previous operations was
   admitted in error, but the error was harmless in light of the abundant
   evidence of defendant's guilt; any error in admitting victims' testimony
   concerning some related projects and investments was harmless; sentence
   was not unreasonable.