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113717P.pdf 06/21/2013 United States v. Tiran Casteel
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 11-3717
and No: 12-2707
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Council Bluffs
[PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Wollman and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. For the court's prior opinion
in the matter, see U.S. v. Casteel, 663 F.3d 1013 (8th Cir. 2011). Even if
the court assumes the district court had authority to grant defendant a
retroactive competency determination more than a year after judgment,
defendant failed to establish that the court erred in denying his request
for such a determination; the district court did not err in finding
defendant competent to stand trial on firearms charges or in finding that
he was competent to proceed with sentencing; the evidence was sufficient
to support defendant's conviction for being a felon in possession of a
firearm; when police searched defendant's auto incident to his arrest,
they had reason to believe the car contained additional evidence of
criminal activity, and the district court did not err in admitting the
evidence seized from the car; any error in sentencing was harmless.