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181506P.pdf 06/13/2019 United States v. Chase Logan Guzman
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 18-1506
and No: 18-2202
U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota - Sioux Falls
[PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Loken and Colloton, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. Traffic stop of defendants'
vehicle was supported by probable cause to believe defendants were in the
vehicle; the case of Dean v. U.S., 137 S.Ct. 1170 (2017)does not authorize
district courts to impose a sentence below a statutory minimum and it has
no application to this situation; admission of evidence of uncharged
conduct showing defendant Morales possessed, used, accessed or sold
marijuana and firearms was admissible under Rule 403 as the the evidence
was intrinsic to the charged offense; the district court correctly
determined defendant Morales' base offense level based on a drug quantity
of 566 grams of methamphetamine; in sentencing Morales, the court did not
err in imposing enhancements under Guidelines Sec. 2D1.1(b)(1) for
possession of a dangerous weapon; under Guidelines Sec. 2D1.1(b)(2) for
making a credible threat of violence; and under Guidelines Sec. 3B1.1(a)
for role in the offense.