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041382P.pdf 12/13/2005 USA v. Raul Lopez
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 04-1382
Southern District of Iowa
[PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Bye and Bright, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Sentencing. District court did not err in imposing
sentencing enhancements based on victim identity and management role
in the offense; applying Pirani's plain error analysis, defendant was not
entitled to Booker relief as he could not demonstrate that the district court
would have imposed a lesser sentence under an advisory guidelines
scheme; claims of ineffective assistance of counsel should be brought in a
habeas.