for the Eighth Circuit

153941P.pdf   06/14/2017  United States  v.  Louis Hardison
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-3941
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Joplin   
   [PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Gruender, Circuit Judge, and Schreier, 
   District Judge] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. The district court did not err in combining 
   the evidentiary hearing on defendant's motion to suppress with his bench 
   trial where defendant filed his motion on the Friday before the Monday 
   trial date; there was no structural error in combining the matters; at no 
   point did defendant ask the court to limit his testimony only to the 
   motion to suppress and case law expressly allows a fact finder to consider 
   the testimony introduced on a motion to suppress during the merits of the 
   case if defendant fails to object to such use; the court did not err in 
   denying the motion to suppress as the police could reasonably conclude 
   that defendant had consented to a search, and the totality of the 
   circumstances supported the conclusion that his consent was voluntary. 
  
161936U.pdf   06/14/2017  United States  v.  Wansolo Hughley
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-1936
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Riley, Smith and Benton, Circuit 
   Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. Second Amendment challenge to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 
   922(g)(1) rejected. 
  
163111P.pdf   06/14/2017  Michael John Hernandez  v.  General Mills Federal Credit
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-3111
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Beam, Author, with Benton and Murphy, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Bankruptcy. The bankruptcy court properly concluded that a 
   state court settlement should not be given preclusive effect on the issue 
   of whether debtor had committed fraud with respect to the debt in question 
   as there was no final judgment on the merits in the state court matter; 
   judicial estoppel argument rejected; creditor's fraud claims are not 
   barred by the statute of limitations; any error in the bankruptcy court's 
   evidentiary rulings was harmless; the bankruptcy court did not err in 
   finding the debt was not dischargeable under Section 523(a)(2)(A) which 
   excepts from discharge a debt for extension of credit to the extent the 
   loan was obtained by fraud. 
  
163361P.pdf   06/14/2017  United States  v.  Lisa Davis
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-3361
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, Waterloo   
   [PUBLISHED] [Rossiter, Author, with Riley and Beam, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. The evidence of defendant's guilt regarding 
   the illegal procurement of pseudoephedrine was overwhelming and any error 
   in refusing to admit marginally relevant evidence that defendant obtained 
   a post-conspiracy prescription for pseudoephedrine was harmless; while 
   largely contradicted by the balance of the medical evidence, defendant was 
   still able to present her defense that she legitimately bought the drug to 
   self treat her COPD during the time at issue, and the exclusion of the 
   post-indictment prescription evidence did not deprive her of a meaningful 
   opportunity to present a complete defense.