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103400P.pdf 12/16/2011 United States v. Devan Casteel
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 10-3400
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Council Bluffs
[PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Colloton and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law. District court did not abuse its discretion
by denying defendant's motion to sever his case from his co-defendant
father's prosecution, as the court addressed the risk of prejudice by
providing careful and thorough jury instructions on compartmentalizing
the evidence; evidence was sufficient to support defendant's convictions
for carjacking and a related weapons charge; evidentiary challenges
rejected.