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171710P.pdf   02/21/2018  United States  v.  Corey Jones
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  17-1710
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Davenport   
   [PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Gruender and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court was fully cognizant of 
   defendant's request for a downward departure based on overstated criminal 
   history, as well as it authority to depart, and its decision not to will 
   not be reversed on the mere absence of a separate statement denying the 
   requested departure; defendant's two prior Illinois convictions for 
   violations of 720 Ill. Comp. Stat. 570/41 categorically qualified as 
   controlled substance offenses under Guidelines Sections 4B1.1 and 4B1.2.