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Parties Involved:
Lazaro Despaigne Borrero
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-1168

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

v. * District of Minnesota.

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Lazaro Despaigne Borrero, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellant. *

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Submitted: August 11, 2005 

Filed: October 11, 2005

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Before COLLOTON, HANSEN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Lazaro Borrero appeals the sentence the district court imposed after he was

convicted of possessing cocaine base with intent to distribute. For reversal, he argues

that his sentence, imposed under a mandatory Guideline regime, violates United

States v. Booker, 125 S. Ct. 738 (2005).

The district court erred in sentencing Borrero under a mandatory Guidelines

regime, see id. at 756-57 (holding Guidelines to be only advisory), and Borrero

preserved this non-constitutional error at sentencing. We thus review for harmless

error. See id. at 769. We are left with grave doubt as to whether the error had

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"substantial influence" on the outcome of the proceeding. See Kotteakos v. United

States, 328 U.S. 750, 765 (1946). Borrero was sentenced at the bottom of the

applicable Guidelines range, and the district court’s comments suggest that the

sentence might have been different had the Guidelines been treated as advisory. See

United States v. Haidley, 400 F.3d 642, 644-45 (8th Cir. 2005). Accordingly, we

remand for resentencing.

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