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042459P.pdf 07/05/2005 United States v. Luke Keller
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 04-2459
Northern District of Iowa
[PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Bright and Bye, Circuit
Judges'
Criminal case - Sentencing Guidelines. Facts in the Presentence
Report, which were admitted for Booker purposes, justified the district
court's imposition of enhancements for restraint of a victim and
sanctioning of violence; no error in imposing an enhancement for
brandishing a weapon; applying Pirani's plain error analysis to the district
court's imposition of an enhancement for obstruction of justice, the
defendant is not entitled to Booker relief as he could not demonstrate that
he was prejudiced by the enhancement; district court properly calculated
25% reduction for substantial assistance. Judge Bright, Dissenting.