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142007P.pdf   12/04/2014  United States  v.  Ryan Scharber
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  14-2007
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul   
   [PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Melloy and Benton, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Sentencing. Defendant's guilty plea and the record in the 
   case established that he violated 18 U.S.C. Sec. 844(1) by maliciously 
   attempting to commit arson at the Birch Lake Resort, and the district 
   court did not err in determining he was subject to the statute's five year 
   mandatory minimum sentence; the district court's determinations did not 
   violate Alleyne; the court lacked authority to sentence defendant below 
   the mandatory minimum.