United States v. Sainz Navarrete, No. 18-3170 (8th Cir. 2020)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, money laundering, and two counts of conspiring to launder money. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to support defendant's convictions; the court was not convinced that the district court's drug-quantity finding was mistaken; and there was no error in imposing sentencing enhancements for defendant's role in the offense under USSG 3B1.1(a) and for committing the offense as a part of a pattern of criminal conduct engaged in as a livelihood under USSG 2D1.1(b)(15)(E).
Court Description: [Kelly, Author, with Gruender and Erickson, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. The evidence was sufficient to support defendant's convictions for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and to launder money; district court's drug quantity calculation affirmed ; no error in imposing sentencing enhancements under Guidelines Sec. 3B1.1(a) for role in the offense and under Guidelines Sec. 2D1.1(b)(15)(E) for committing the offense as part of a pattern of criminal conduct engaged in as a livelihood.
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