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091890P.pdf   03/23/2010  United States  v.  Alfonso Cisneros-Gutierrez
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-1890
                          and No:  09-2590
                          and No:  09-2728
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Riley and Melloy, Circuit
   Judges]
   Criminal case - Criminal law. District court did not err in finding
   defendants consented to a full search of the residence; search of a second
   residence was supported by exigent circumstances - the likelihood of
   destruction of evidence - and probable cause to believe drugs were
   present; argument that police impermissibly entered the home's curtilage
   is rejected as the officers at the front of the house independently observed
   destruction of evidence and entered the home under exigent
   circumstances; police did not manufacture the exigent circumstances;
   protective sweep was supported by concerns of officer safety; no error in
   imposing a consecutive five-year sentence for possession of a firearm in
   connection with a drug crime.