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093041P.pdf   07/30/2010  United States  v.  Cully Mitchell
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-3041
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED][Wollman, Author, with Murphy and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - criminal law and sentencing. Indictment sufficiently alleged the offense of conspiracy to commit money laundering; no error in admitting defendant's tax returns as the information was relevant to show a plan to conceal the transactions in question; district court did not err in refusing to permit defendant to suggest the jury could draw an inference from a missing witness; no error in rejecting defendant's proposed jury instruction defining proceeds as the instruction was not consistent with this circuit's decisions; evidence was sufficient to support conviction for conspiracy to commit money laundering; no error in imposing enhancements under Guidelines Sections 2S1.1(b)(1) and 2S1.1(b)(2)(c); no error in denying request for a three-level minor role reduction.