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o r th e d istrict co u rt to re ly o n § 2 G 1 .3 in ca lcu lati n g S w ift’ s ba s e of f e ns e l e ve l . W e va c a t e S w i f t ’ s s e nt e nc e a nd r e m a nd f orr e s e nt e nc i ng c o n s is te n t w ith th is o p in io n . S w if t a ls o c o n te n d s th a t th e d is tr ic t c o u rt e rr e db yr e f u s in g to c o n s id e rh is m ot i on t o w i thdr a w hi s gui l typl e a , a nd byde ny i ng hi s m ot i on t o c ont i nue the sen t en ci n g h eari n g t o al l o w h i m t o b ri ef th e i ssu e. T h e d i stri ctco u rtd i dn o tab u se its d is c r e tio n b yru lin g th a t S w if t’s u n s up p o rte dc la im o f in n o c e n c e w a s n o t af

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urner , 898 F . 2d 705, 713 ( 9th C i r . 1990) . A c c or di ngl y , the c onvi c t i on i s a f f i rm e d. I n l i ghtof

the f o r e g o in g d is p o s itio n , th e d is tr ic t c o u rt’s d e n ia l o f ac o n tin u an c e is m o o t. A F F I R M E D i n p ar t ; V A C A T E D i n p ar t ; an d R E M A N D E D f or RE S E NT E NCI NG.