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223462P.pdf   02/29/2024  United States  v.  Carney Turner
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  22-3462
                          and No:  22-3463
   U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha   
[PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Colloton and Benton, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal law and Sentencing. Defendant Turner waived any challenge to the superseding indictment by pleading guilty to the conspiracy and sex trafficking of a minor charges; with respect to the calculation of defendant Marker's base offense level, the district court properly applied Guidelines Sec. 2G1.3(a)(2) to determine Marker's offense level; the district court did not apply a two-point enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 2G1.3(b)(4)(B), and defendant Marker's argument that it erred in doing so must be rejected; the district court did not err in applying a two-level increase under Guidelines Sec. 2G1.3(b)(4)(A) to Turner's offense level or in applying a four-level leadership enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 3B1.1(a); no error in applying a five-level enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 4B1.5(b)(1); defendants' sentences were substantively reasonable.