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173627P.pdf 02/19/2020 United States v. Houston Oliver
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 17-3627
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Loken, Circuit
Judge]
Criminal case - Criminal law. The district court did not err in denying
defendant's motion to dismiss the second indictment because dismissal of
the first indictment did not violate Fed. R. Crim. P. 48(a) or defendant's
due process rights; no error in denying defendant's motion to disclose the
identity of an informant or have the court conduct an in camera
examination regarding the informant; there was probable cause to search a
vehicle defendant was using to transport drugs; the affidavits submitted
in support of the motion to search a hotel room defendant had used
established probable cause for the issuance of the warrant, and the
warrant's language permitting seizure of "other media" was broad enough to
support seizure of cell phones found in the room; no error in denying
defendant's request for an instruction on accomplice testimony; evidence
was sufficient to support defendant's drug conspiracy conviction and the
jury's verdict was not against the weight of the evidence; defendant's
ineffective-assistance of counsel claim is not ripe for review.