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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.