Opinion ID: 1363108
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Heading: Evidence Seized Incident to Fujan's Arrest

Text: The district court allowed into evidence methamphetamine seized incident to Fujan's arrest. Ball argues the admission was unduly prejudicial because the jury likely connected Fujan's methamphetamine to Ball. We disagree. The conspiracy was ongoing at the time of Fujan's arrest; therefore, any acts committed in furtherance of the conspiracy were attributable to all members of the conspiracy. See United States v. Pierce, 479 F.3d 546, 549 (8th Cir.2007) (A defendant who has entered into a criminal conspiracy is responsible for offenses committed by fellow conspirators if the defendant was a member of the conspiracy when the offense was committed and if the offense was committed in furtherance of and as a foreseeable consequence of the conspiracy.) (discussing the jury instruction application of the co-conspirator liability doctrine established in Pinkerton v. United States, 328 U.S. 640, 66 S.Ct. 1180, 90 L.Ed. 1489 (1946)). The district court did not abuse its discretion by allowing evidence of the drugs seized incident to Fujan's arrest.