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972545P.pdf   04/03/1998  United States  v.  Gerald Lee Patterson
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  97-2545
   Western District of Missouri   
   Criminal Law; Congress has constitutional
   authority to criminalize interstate drug
   trafficking; no Speedy Trial Act violation;
   warrantless search of auto was valid; no
   error in denying motion to sever; waiver
   of right to counsel was valid.