222869P.pdf   10/05/2023  United States  v.  Kevin Green
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  22-2869
                          and No:  22-2919
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Colloton and Benton, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. On these facts, defendants were entitled to 
   an instruction on multiple conspiracies, however, the lack of any 
   substantial prejudice from the absence of a multiple-conspiracies 
   instruction and the presence of sufficient single-conspiracy evidence 
   compels the conclusion that no reversible error occurred with respect to 
   the drug quantity finding; based on the facts presented - defendant 
   Abari's disruptive behavior, his physical size, and his threats against 
   prosecutors, police and court staff - the district court did not abuse its 
   discretion in requiring that he be shackled and handcuffed during the 
   trial; the district court did not abuse its discretion by not requiring 
   the admission of the full recording of defendant Abari's post-arrest 
   statements to the police or the admission of parts of the statement in 
   which he denied bringing drugs to the apartment or that he possessed the 
   drugs found therein as the portion of the statement admitted did not deal 
   with these issues; decision not to admit the portion of the recording 
   where he denied ownership or possession of the gun found under his body 
   was harmless error as other evidence concerning his denial was admitted, 
   and the evidence of his possession was overwhelming; on the evidence 
   presented, a rational jury could find defendant Green constructively 
   possessed the drugs found in his girlfriend's home.