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223333P.pdf 12/27/2023 United States v. Theodore Browne
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 22-3333
and No: 223334
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Eastern
[PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Colloton and Wollman, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court did not err in calculating
the amount of drugs attributable to defendant Browne based on the evidence
presented at sentencing; the district court did not err in imposing a
four-level role enhancement under Guidelines 3B1.1(a) as defendant Browne
played a leadership or organizer role in the offense; the district court
did not abuse its discretion in admitting certain evidence concerning
obstruction of justice in considering defendant Smith's sentence, and the
court did not err in imposing the obstruction enhancement or in rejecting
Smith's request for acceptance-of-responsibility.