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112348P.pdf   07/11/2012  United States  v.  Mandel McDonald Benson
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  11-2348
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Gruender and Benton, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. DNA sample was not the
   fruit of the poisonous tree because defenant's stop and arrest did not
   violate the Fourth Amendment; waiver of right to counsel was knowing,
   voluntary and intelligent; denial of related mistrial motion was not an
   abuse of the district court's discretion; district court adequately explained
   its application of the 3553(a) factors.