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063881P.pdf 09/06/2007 United States v. Robert Lee Smart Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 06-3881
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Davenport
[PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Murphy and Shepherd, Circuit
Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. Evidence was sufficient
to support conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, as the
government proved constructive possession; district court did not abuse
its discretion in refusing to compel the testimony of two defense
witnesses who invoked the Fifth Amendment; no error in enhancing
sentence two levels because the guns defendant possessed were stolen;
under advisory sentencing guidelines, sentence-enhancing facts need only
be proven by a preponderance of the evidence; no error in calculating the
number of firearms or in imposing an upward adjustment based on the
number of firearms defendant possessed; sentence was not unreasonable.