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Parties Involved:
Gailyn Bass
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Theodore McMillian died on January 18, 2006. This opinion

is being filed by the remaining judges of the panel pursuant to Eighth Circuit Rule

47E. 

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 03-3578

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of Nebraska.

Gailyn Bass, * 

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: March 3, 2005

Filed: January 27, 2006

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Before BYE, McMILLIAN1

, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

This case is before us on remand from the United States Supreme Court for

further consideration in light of United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005).

"Booker held enhancements based upon judge-found facts under the mandatory

federal Sentencing Guidelines violate the Sixth Amendment. To remedy the problem,

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the Supreme Court struck down the statutory provisions which made the Guidelines

mandatory, the effect of which was to 'make[ ] the Guidelines effectively advisory.'"

United States v. Turnbull, 414 F.3d 942, 943 (8th Cir. 2005) (quoting Booker, 543

U.S. at ___, 125 S.Ct. at 757)).

In this case, Gailyn Bass's 210 month sentence was based in part upon judgefound facts regarding the amount of cocaine attributed to him under United States

States Sentencing Guideline (U.S.S.G.) § 2D1.1. Bass, however, never brought a

Sixth Amendment challenge to this aspect of his sentencing, and thus we review any

Booker error for plain error only. See Fed. R. Crim. P. 52(b).

Under plain error review, Bass must show a "reasonable probability that he

would have received a more favorable sentence with the Booker error eliminated by

making the Guidelines advisory." United States v. Pirani, 406 F.3d 543, 551 (8th Cir.

2005) (en banc). We have reviewed the record in this matter and conclude Bass

cannot show by a reasonable probability he would have received a more favorable

sentence under an advisory Guideline regime.

Having found no plain error, we reaffirm Bass's judgment of conviction and

sentence in all respects.

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