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152606P.pdf   09/14/2016  United States  v.  Tyson Trotter
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-2606
   U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota - Fargo   
   [PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Colloton, Circuit 
   Judge] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. Introduction of testimony 
   regarding defendant's text messages did not violate the best evidence rule 
   as the messages were admitted into evidence; evidence was sufficient to 
   support defendant's conspiracy conviction; court did not err in rejecting 
   defendant's request for a "buyer-seller" instruction; the evidence 
   supported the jury's determination that more than 500 grams of 
   methamphetamine should be attributed to defendant, and the court properly 
   used that amount as the "floor" for determining defendant's sentence.