081079P.pdf   12/08/2008  United States  v.  Federico Aleman
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-1079
                          and No:  08-2115
                          and No:  08-1173
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul   
   [PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Loken, Chief Judge, and John
   R. Gibson, Circuit Judge]
   Criminal case - criminal law and sentencing. District court did not err
   in imposing an obstruction-of-justice enhancement on defendant Aleman
   based on the court's finding he perjured himself at defendant Martinez's
   trial; district court did not err in denying Aleman's request for an
   acceptance-of-responsibility reduction as the imposition of the
   obstruction-of-justice enhancement showed he had not accepted
   responsibility; court's decision to reject the sentence called for in
   Aleman's plea agreement was not unreasonable in light of his breach of
   the agreement; defendant Martinez's Brady claim rejected; denial of
   Martinez's request for a continuance was not an abuse of discretion; no
   error in giving a willful blindness instruction; Jencks Act claim rejected;
   prosecutor's reference in closing argument to "these guys" was a
   reference to the defendants and not an improper comment on race or
   nationality; defendant Yanka's sentence is vacated pursuant to United
   States v. Williams, 527 F.3d 969 (8th Cir. 2008), and his case is remanded
   for resentencing.