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062228P.pdf 01/26/2007 United States v. Manuel Cubillos
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 06-2228
District of Nebraska - Omaha
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Bye and Bowman, Circuit
Judges]
Criminal case - criminal law and sentencing. Evidence was sufficient
to support a conviction for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine;
claim that government charged a single conspiracy but proved multiple
conspiracies rejected as the evidence showed a single conspiracy; district
court did not err in rejecting defendant's proffered theory-of-defense
instruction as the instructions given adequately covered issue of being a
mere buyer; district court did not err in denying requests for a minor-role
reduction and a downward departure based on defendant's military
service and post-traumatic stress disorder; sentence was not unreasonable.