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092185P.pdf 06/24/2010 United States v. Timothy J. Adamson
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 09-2185
and No: 09-2582
and No: 09-2606
and No: 09-2666
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul
[PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and
Bright, Circuit Judge]
Criminal case - criminal law and sentencing. No error in denying
defendants' requests for minor-role reduction as their level of
involvement supported the district court's conclusion that their roles were
not minor; district court may consider the drug quantities in ruling on the
request for a minor role reduction; no error in admitting guns seized from
defendant Quintero's mother's garage as firearms are a tool of the drug
trade and their presence in an area where drugs were received and
dispatched was admissible under Rule 401; no error in imposing a
supervisory role enhancement for defendant Quintero as he served as a
manager in the conspiracy. Judge Bright, concurring.