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Parties Involved:
David Brian Bern
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Mark W. Bennett, United States District Judge for the Northern

District of Iowa.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 06-1746

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, *

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v. * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

David Brian Bern, * Northern District of Iowa.

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Appellant. * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Submitted: March 19, 2007

Filed: March 20, 2007

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Before RILEY, HANSEN, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

David Bern appeals his sentence of 300 months in prison, a variance below the

advisory Guidelines range of 360 months to life, imposed by the district court1

following a remand for resentencing pursuant to United States v. Booker, 543 U.S.

220 (2005), see United States v. Bern, 156 Fed. Appx. 861 (8th Cir. 2005)

(unpublished per curiam). For reversal, Bern argues that recent Supreme Court

decisions warrant re-examination of whether the preponderance-of-the-evidence

standard of proof is sufficient for purposes of sentencing enhancements. We disagree.

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See United States v. Pirani, 406 F.3d 543, 551 n.4 (8th Cir.) (en banc) (Booker does

not require sentencing judges to find sentence-enhancing facts beyond reasonable

doubt), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 266 (2005).

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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