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182228P.pdf 05/29/2019 United States v. Fred Quiver
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 18-2228
U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota - Rapid City
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Benton and Grasz, Circuit Judges]
Criminal Case - sentencing. On appeal following guilty plea to being
accessory to second-degree murder and above-guidelines sentence of 180
months, claims of ineffective assistance of counsel will not be
considered, as record not fully developed, ineffectiveness is not readily
apparent or obviously deficient, and no plain miscarriage of justice in
light of availability of action under 28 U.S.C. sec. 2255. District court
did not commit procedural error, as basis for sentence was adequately
explained, and any procedural error in imposing an upward departure was
harmless because district court justified the sentenced by referencing
both the grounds and the relevant section 3553(a) factors. District court
did not abuse its discretion in imposing a substantively unreasonable
sentence.