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054035P.pdf   12/21/2006  United States  v.  Rene Plaza
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  05-4035
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Wollman and Riley, Circuit
   Judges]
   Criminal Case - sentence. Sentence to statutory minimum of 120
   months with grant of 90 month variance for participation in
   methamphetamine conspiracy was unreasonable. District court erred in
   giving too much weight to lack of violence and firearms, to defendant's
   age, to his drug addiction, and to any sentencing disparity with co-
   defendant who was not similarly situated.