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093323P.pdf   01/06/2011  United States  v.  William Vinton
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-3323
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and
   Melloy, Circuit Judge]
Criminal case - Criminal law and Sentencing. District court did not err in concluding defendant was not in custody at the time he made certain statements and that the statements were voluntary and admissible; record supported the district court's conclusion that defendant voluntarily consented to a search of his home; defendant's waiver of his Miranda rights was knowing, voluntary and intelligent and his post-arrest statements were admissible; state court conviction for second-degree assault was a crime of violence for sentencing purposes; the district court did not commit any procedural error in determining defendant's sentence and the sentence imposed was not substantively unreasonable.