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183040P.pdf 12/26/2019 United States v. Jose Garcia
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 18-3040
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Ft. Smith
[PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Gruender and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. The district court did not
abuse its discretion by denying defendant's motion for retesting of drugs
and for approval of expenditures - see the court's opinion in U.S. v.
Escalante, No. 18-3033, issued this date; no error in applying a career
offender enhancement or in denying defendant a minor participant or
minimal role offense level reduction; defendant's within-guidelines range
sentence was substantively reasonable.