053843P.pdf   09/11/2006  United States  v.  Dennis E. Mentzos
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  05-3843
   District of Minnesota   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Loken, Chief Judge, and John
   R. Gibson, Circuit Judge]
   Criminal case - criminal law and sentencing. Defendant knowingly,
   intelligently and voluntarily waived his right to assistance of counsel
   at trial, and the district court did not err in granting his motion to
   represent himself; district court did not err in denying defendant's
   requests for fingerprint and handwriting experts; no error in imposing
   an enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 3B1.4 for use of a minor in the
   commission of the offense; no error in departing upward based on the
   court's conclusion that defendant's criminal history category 
   under-represented defendant's past behavior and the likelihood he
   would re-offend; the application of a two-level adjustment for role
   in the offense was justified by the evidence showing defendant
   manipulated others into assisting him with the offenses; sentence was
   not unreasonable.