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213769P.pdf 02/24/2023 United States v. Breon Armstrong
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 21-3769
and No: 21-3793
and No: 22-1252
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Eastern
[PUBLISHED] Gruender, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Stras, Circuit
Judge]
Criminal case - Criminal law and Sentencing. Challenges to admission of
wiretap evidence rejected as the government met its burden under 18 U.S.C.
Sec. 2518(3)(c) for issuance of the wiretap order and minimized its
surveillance as required by Sec. 2518(5); the district court did not err
in denying defendants' requests for a multiple-conspiracies instruction;
the evidence was sufficient to support defendants Davis's and Armstrong's
convictions for conspiracy to distribute drugs; the district court did not
err in imposing a Sec. 2D1.1(b)(1) firearm enhancement or a Sec. 3B1.1(a)
leadership role enhancement in calculating defendant Page's sentence; the
district court's drug amount calculation with respect to defendant Davis
is affirmed; the district court did not err in imposing a Sec.
2D1.1(b)(12) stash house enhancement against defendant Davis; no error in
denying defendant Davis's request for a Sec. 3B1.2(b) minor-role
reduction; defendant Page's below-guidelines range sentence was not
substantively unreasonable.