Wideman

United States v. Wideman

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187 F. App'x 758
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJune 30, 2006No. 05-10357California915 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

Christopher Wideman was arrested following a drug sting operation and pled guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute at least 1,110 grams of “cocaine base” in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 (a)(1) and (b)(l)(A)(iii). Wideman stipulated that 1,507 grams of “cocaine base” (i.e., “crack” cocaine) were attributable to him for sentencing purposes. The district court calculated an adjusted offense level of 35 and a criminal history category of V, and imposed a sentence of 262 months. On appeal, Wideman challenges the length of his sentence, but none of Wideman’s arguments has any merit, and we affirm the sentence imposed by the district court.

After United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 , 125 S.Ct. 738 , 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), we now have jurisdiction to review for reasonableness a challenge to a criminal sentence even if the length of the sentence falls within the applicable, and now advisory, Sentencing Guidelines range. See United States v. Plouffe, 445 F.3d 1126, 1128-29 (9th Cir.2006).

1. We reject Widemaris arguments that his sentence is unreasonable because the district court relied too heavily on the Guidelines calculation and did not *760 take…

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