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071520P.pdf 01/10/2008 United States v. Jose Aguilar
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 07-1520
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul
[PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Hansen and Gruender, Circuit
Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law and Sentencing. No error in admitting
evidence that defendant used violence against a co-conspirator to obtain
payment of a drug debt; evidence was sufficient to support conviction for
conspiracy and distribution of methamphetamine; no error in imposing an
a two level increase to defendant's base offense level under Guidelines
Sec. 2D1.1(b)(1) for use of a deadly weapon in furtherance of the drug
conspiracy; no error in imposing a two-level enhancement under
Guidelines Sec. 3A1.3 for restraining the victim.