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064102P.pdf   03/06/2008  United States  v.  Nicole Tipton
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-4102
                          and No:  06-4134
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Murphy and Melloy, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - criminal law and sentencing. Evidence was sufficient to
   support convictions for hiring and harboring illegal aliens; district court
   did not err in applying a specific offense characteristic under Guidelines
   Sec. 2L1.1(b)(2)(A) for harboring six or more illegal aliens; nor did the
   court err in increasing defendant's offense level under Guidelines Sec.
   3B1.4 for use of a minor to commit the offense.