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152156P.pdf 08/24/2016 United States v. Jennifer Jensen
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 15-2156
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines
[PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Bright and Murphy, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court did not err in imposing an
enhancement for obstruction of justice under Guideline Sec. 3C1.1 where
defendant instructed the victim of her boyfriend's sexual abuse not to
talk about defendant's involvement in the offense; nor did the court err
in denying an acceptance-of-responsibility reduction where defendant
repeatedly lied to investigators and refused to admit her involvement in
the offenses committed by her boyfriend; any error regarding the
enhancement and the reduction were harmless in light of district court's
statement that anything less than the statutory maximum would not be
appropriate. Judge Bright, concurring.