United States v. Vanover

Obeli “Butch” Vanover and Barbara “Barb” Vanover, husband and wife, appeal their drug trafficking and firearm convictions. The Vanovers allege there is insufficient evidence to support their convictions and the district court1 crafted an erroneous jury instruction. Butch also ar*1111gues the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

When viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdicts and accepting all reasonable inferences in support thereof, see, e.g., United States v. Bordeaux, 570 F.3d 1041, 1047 (8th Cir.2009), the facts are these:

A. Detective…