United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's conviction and sentence for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine are affirmed where: 1) the district court did not err in concluding that a trooper's warrantless search was permissible under the automobile exception, and the court need not consider whether the search of the vehicle was a valid search incident to arrest; 2) the district court did not abuse its discretion by concluding that no miscarriage of justice resulted from the jury's verdict; and 3) even accepting for purposes of analysis that a defendant seeking safety-valve relief need provide only that information which he subjectively believes is true, the district court did not clearly err in denying relief.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/17/2010
• Published 11/17/2010

Judges

• James B. Colloton

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel