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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.