081518P.pdf   12/22/2008  United States  v.  Kamron Dehghani
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-1518
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Melloy and Beam, Circuit
   Judges]
   Criminal Case - conviction and sentence. District court did not err in
   denying motion to suppress confession given during interrogation and
   after Miranda warnings issued, as findings that detectives did not
   overcome defendant's will and statements were made voluntarily were not
   clearly erroneous. District court did not abuse its discretion in denying
   motion to recuse, as district court concluded defendant's threat against
   him was an effort to manipulate the criminal justice system, defendant
   lacked capacity to carry out threat against him, and the average observer
   would not reasonably question the court's impartiality. Although
   sentence was above the guidelines range, the record shows district court
   considered the section 3553(a) factors, adequately explained the sentence,
   and properly considered the attempts to obstruct justice. Thus, no
   procedural error existed. District court did not abuse its discretion in
   imposing sentence, as sentence was substantively reasonable.