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142998P.pdf 11/23/2015 United States v. Carmen Haire
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 14-2998
and No: 14-3196
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
[PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Melloy and Smith, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law. Wiretapped phone conversations were properly
authenticated and the district court did not err in admitting them; no
error in allowing a special agent to testify as to the meaning of certain
drug-related terms used in the recordings; no error in admitting
recordings where defendant Lee referred to his connections to cartels;
statements made by co-conspirators were properly admitted against
defendant Haire; no error in giving a willful blindness instruction
against Haire; evidence was sufficient to support Haire's conviction for
conspiracy to launder drug proceeds.