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073093P.pdf   02/09/2009  United States  v.  Francisco Quiroga
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  07-3093
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Ft. Dodge   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Murphy and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - criminal law and sentencing. Officers had probable cause to arrest defendant, and cash found on his person was admissible; defendant's misunderstanding about the application of the career offender guideline did not render the plea agreement and its waiver of rights under Rule 410 unknowing or involuntary and, as a result, the district court did not err in denying defendant's motion in limine to exclude statements he made in the plea agreement; defendant's conviction for sexual abuse under Iowa Code Sec. 709.11 was a conviction for a crime of violence for purposes of classifying him as a career offender under Guidelines Sec. 4B1.1; use of Iowa drug conviction to both increase the statutory penalties for the offense and to classify defendant as a career offender is not impermissible double counting.