United States v. Sedrick Rauls

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
United States v. Sedrick Rauls, 33 F. App'x 249 (8th Cir. 2002)
Bowman, Lay, Per Curiam, Riley

United States v. Sedrick Rauls

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Sedrick Rauls appeals from his conviction for distributing cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). As the sole issue on appeal, Rauls asserts the district court erred by admitting evidence concerning $67,000 seized from a car driven by Rauls seven weeks prior to his arrest on the immediate charges. The bulk of the cash had been found in a heavily taped shoe box, in six bundles wrapped in dryer sheets and placed inside plastic baggies. A narcotics sniffing dog twice alerted to the money. The cash was administratively forfeited as drug proceeds.

The district court ruled the evidence was relevant to Rauls’ course of conduct and, thus, was independently relevant apart from Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b).

*250 We have reviewed the record and find the district court committed no error of law.

The district court is AFFIRMED. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

Reference

Full Case Name
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sedrick L. RAULS, Defendant-Appellant
Status
Unpublished