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032242P.pdf   07/25/2005  United States  v.  Peter C. Wingate
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  03-2242
   District of Minnesota   
[PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Benton, Circuit Judge, and Hovland, District Judge] Criminal case - Sentencing Guidelines. For the court's earlier opinion in the case, see U.S. v. Wingate, 369 F.3d 1028 (8th Cir. 2004). On remand from the Supreme Court for further consideration in light of Booker, the court applies Pirani's plain error analysis, and concludes defendant is not entitled to Booker relief as the record does not demonstrate a reasonable probability that the district court would have imposed a lesser sentence under an advisory guidelines scheme.; sentence was not unreasonable under the factors set out in 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3553(a). 032242P.pdf 06/02/2004 United States v. Peter C. Wingate U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 03-2242 District of Minnesota
Criminal case - Sentencing Guidelines. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 did not prohibit the enhancement of sentences of those persons age 18 to 20, and the Sentencing Commission did not exceed its authority in adopting Section 34B1.4, which provides that an enhancement may be imposed if a person 18 or older uses a person under the age of 18 to commit the offense; record supported the finding defendant used two minors to assist in the commission of the offense, and the district court did not err in imposing the enhancement. [PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with R. Arnold, Circuit Judge and Hovland, District Judge]