112681P.pdf   08/02/2012  United States  v.  Bret Tschacher
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  11-2681
   U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Lincoln   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Shepherd,
   Circuit Judge]
   Criminal case - Criminal law. District court did not err in finding
   defendant knowingly and voluntarily waiving his right to counsel when
   he decided to proceed pro se at trial; because the trooper's search of
   defendant's vehicle was permissible under binding pre-Gant precedent as
   part of a vehicle search incident to arrest, the exclusionary rule does not
   apply even if the search is illegal, and the evidence was admissible;
   evidence was sufficient to show defendant, a felon, was in knowing
   possession of a firearm.