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161095P.pdf   01/17/2017  United States  v.  Joseph McGrew
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-1095
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Murphy, Circuit 
   Judge] 
   Criminal case - Sentencing Guidelines. As the district court founded its 
   sentence upon its determination that the statutory maximum was the 
   appropriate sentence and that no sentence within any argued Guidelines 
   range would suffice, any error it may have made in calculating defendant's 
   Guidelines range was harmless; when a sentencing court adequately 
   justifies setting a defendant's sentence based on the maximum statutory 
   penalty, quibbles about the application of Guidelines enhancements or 
   departures become moot.