181796P.pdf   06/12/2019  United States  v.  Christopher Kessler
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  18-1796
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Stras, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Benton, Circuit 
   Judge] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. Assuming the government's failure to provide 
   defendant with advance notice of the value of the methamphetamine involved 
   in the charge of possession with intent to distribute was a defect in the 
   notice, the district court took steps at trial to remedy the matter, 
   including requiring the government to disclose the value of the meth and 
   providing a one-hour recess to permit defendant to prepare a response; 
   further, defendant knew in advance that the value of the drug was among 
   the expected topics of the witness's testimony and defendant had been 
   given an opportunity to question the witness beforehand; in any event, 
   defendant never explained to the district court how the incomplete 
   disclosure prejudiced him or why only a more drastic remedy, like 
   exclusion, was required.