093909P.pdf   10/21/2010  United States  v.  Edward Brewer
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-3909
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids   
   [PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Bright and Loken, Circuit
   Judges]
   Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. Officers knew
   defendant's license was suspended and they had probable cause to stop
   and arrest him; district court erred in finding cash seized during the arrest
   was found in defendant's vehicle as it was actually seized from his
   person; the cash was admissible since the search of defendant's person
   was a valid search incident to arrest; evidence was sufficient to support
   defendant's convictions; district court is not required to instruct a jury
   about the sentencing consequences of its verdict, and the court did not
   abuse its discretion by refusing to instruct the jury concerning possible
   mandatory minimum sentences; no error in imposing a two-level
   enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 2D1.1(b)(1) for possession of a
   firearm in connection with drug trafficking; sentence was not
   unreasonable, and the district court was within its discretion in denying a
   request to vary downward based on the crack/cocaine disparity. Judge
   Bright, concurring with respect to the issues concerning conviction and
   dissenting with respect to defendant's sentence.