063418P.pdf   03/02/2009  USA  v.  Josiah Williams
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-3418
   U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Dubuque   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Wollman and Smith, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - Criminal law and Sentencing. District court did not err
   in rejecting defendant's guilty plea to the crime of aiding and abetting, as
   his plea did not admit all of the elements of the offense; the district court
   did not err in rejecting defendant's motion for an acceptance-of-
   responsibility reduction; evidence at sentencing was sufficient to show
   the drug was crack rather than cocaine; state sentence was for a separate
   offense, and there was no error in making defendant's federal sentence
   consecutive to his state time; case remanded for further sentencing
   proceedings pursuant to Kimbrough.
  
063418P.pdf   05/17/2007  USA  v.  Josiah Williams
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-3418
   U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Dubuque   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Wollman and Smith, Circuit
   Judges]
   Criminal Case - conviction and sentence. District court did not plainly
   err in refusing to accept guilty plea to aiding and abetting because
   defendant did not admit to assisting in the transaction, handling the
   money or handling the drugs. Enhancement for obstruction of justice was
   not clear error, as district court found defendant perjured himself at
   trial. Denial of acceptance of responsibility was correct as defendant
   did not admit guilt. Evidence was sufficient to support substance was
   crack cocaine. District court did not err in making federal sentence
   consecutive to state sentence, as convictions were severable and distinct.