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212974P.pdf 08/01/2022 United States v. Shaun Farrington
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 21-2974
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Eastern
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Colloton and Melloy, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law. A delay of a few hours between a drug dog
sniff and the securing of a warrant and the opening of defendant's
lockboxes did not violate defendant's Fourth Amendment rights, and the
court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress; the court did
not err in denying defendant's motion to strike a juror who had previously
corresponded with a government witness, a police officer to whom she had
reported a possible crime, as the juror stated she could remain fair and
would listen to the officer's testimony before deciding if she believe it;
the juror's explicit statement of impartiality defeats defendant's attempt
to show actual partiality; the district court did not abuse its discretion
in denying defendant's motion to admit additional portions of a jailhouse
recording as defendant failed to show how the additional portion was
necessary to explain or contextualize the admitted portion, correct a
misleading impression, or ensure a fair and impartial understanding.