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Parties Involved:
Curtis E. DeWitt
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon, United States District Judge for the

District of Nebraska.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-1015

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the District

v. * of Nebraska.

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Curtis E. DeWitt, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellant. *

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Submitted: November 24, 2004

 Filed: November 30, 2004

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Before MURPHY, FAGG, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Curtis E. DeWitt appeals the sentence the district court*

 imposed after DeWitt

pleaded guilty to conspiring to manufacture methamphetamine, in violation of 21

U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1), and 846. DeWitt argues the district court committed

error in imposing a 2-level U.S.S.G. § 3B1.1(c) role enhancement. We conclude the

district court did not plainly fall into error in imposing the role enhancement. See

United States v. Montanye, 996 F.2d 190, 192 (8th Cir. 1993) (en banc) (plain-error

standard of review when issues are not raised in district court). According to

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unobjected-to information in the presentence report (PSR), DeWitt had a recipe for

making methamphetamine, and he had directed his co-conspirators and others to

purchase pseudoephedrine for him in exchange for methamphetamine. See United

States v. Yerkes, 345 F.3d 558, 563 (8th Cir. 2003) (§ 3B1.1(c) role enhancement was

proper where defendant, among other things, requested his accomplices obtain

methamphetamine precursors for him); United States v. Beatty, 9 F.3d 686, 690 (8th

Cir. 1993) (district court may accept as true all unobjected-to factual statements in

PSR). 

Accordingly, we affirm.

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