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091943P.pdf   07/22/2010  United States  v.  Adrian McCraney
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-1943
                          and No:  09-2330
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Davenport   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Smith, Circuit Judge, and
   Kornmann, District Judge]
   Criminal case - criminal law and sentencing. Statement defendant
   Williams made to police was not admissible under Rule 807; District
   court did not err in using the Eighth Circuit pattern instruction on
   reasonable doubt; evidence was sufficient to support defendant
   McCraney's conviction for drug and firearm offenses; district court did
   not err in denying defendant Williams's motion for a new trial on the
   ground that the verdicts were against the weight of the evidence; district
   court did not err in declining to group counts for sentencing purposes;
   district court adequately considered the 3553(a) factors in setting
   Williams's sentence; no error in applying career offender guidelines in
   setting McCraney's sentence; Williams's sentence was not unreasonable.
   Judge Kornmann, concurring in part and dissenting in part.