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061661P.pdf   11/30/2006  USA  v.  Korey L. Blackford
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-1661
   Northern District of Iowa   
   [PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Wollman and Riley, Circuit
   Judges]
   Criminal Case - sentence. Government appeals grant of downward
   variance. District court abused its discretion in granting variance
   based on the section 1B1.8 sentencing immunity provision when the
   defendant and the government did not include such a provision in the
   cooperation agreement. Case is remanded and district court should
   first determine appropriate sentencing range under the guidelines
   before determining appropriateness of variance.