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141355P.pdf   11/12/2014  United States  v.  Nathan Smith
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  14-1355
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Council Bluffs   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Melloy and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. Even if the district court abused its 
   discretion by replaying videos for the jury during its deliberations 
   without notifying the defendant and his counsel, the error was harmless 
   beyond a reasonable doubt, as the judge was present during the replay and 
   the transcript shows no prejudicial dialogue; further the evidence of 
   defendant's guilt was overwhelming and he did not object when the videos 
   were introduced into evidence.