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043222P.pdf   08/11/2005  USA  v.  Angel Carasa-Vargas
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  04-3222
                          and No:  04-3458
   Northern District of Iowa   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with Wollman and Bright] 
   Criminal case - Sentencing Guidelines. Imposition of a three-level 
   enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 2L1.1(b)(5) was not error and did not 
   expose defendant to a sentence in excess of the statutory maximum; any 
   Booker error in imposing the enhancement was harmless; district court 
   did not err in refusing to grant a downward departure for minor or 
   minimal role in the offense as defendant was actively involved in the 
   crime and was an equal partner with his co-defendant.