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061549P.pdf 07/05/2006 United States v. Louis Village Center
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 06-1549
District of North Dakota
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Smith and Heaney, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law and Sentencing. Constitutional challenge
to statute making it a crime to possess an illegal firearm (26 U.S.C. Sec.
5861) rejected; district court was aware of its ability to grant a downward
departure, and its refusal to do so is unreviewable; district court may
make fact findings affecting sentence.