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- 75 (2007); how ever, he c on t en ds t h at hi s w i t h i n - gu i del i n es s e nt e n c e i s n o t e n t i t l e d t o a p r e s u m p t i o n o f r e a s o n a b l e n e s s b e c a u s e t h e dr ug o f fe ns e g ui de l i ne , U . S. S. G . § 2 D 1. 1, i s notsup po r t e d byem pir i c alre s e ar c h a nd m ay resul ti n sentences great er th an necessary i n norm alcases . In t h e i n st an t case, t h e di st ri ct court i m pos e d a w i t h i n - gu i del i n es s e n te n c e , a n dth e r e h a s b e e n n o fin d in gb yth e d is tr i c tc o u r tt h a t § 2 D 1 .1 is f l aw ed. C on t rary to G arret t ’ s argum en t , t h e Ki m brough C ou rt sai d nothi n g of t h e a p p l i c a b i l i t yo f

t h e p r e s u mp t i o n o f r e a s o n a b l e n e s s . Wh il e t h e S u p r e me C ou rt d i dn ote th a t th e d ru g tra ff i ck i n g g u i d eli n e w a s ba sed u p on dr u g q u a n tity and not em p i r i c alr es ear c h, t he C our thel d only t hata di st r i c tc our tm ay se nt enc e adef

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- 76 . Gar r e t t ’ s r e l i anc e upo n Ki m brough t o chal l en ge t h e app el l ate pres u m pti on i s t h eref ore m i spl aced, an d he ha s fai l ed t o s how t hatthe pres um pt i on s houl d notbe appl i ed. M or eo ver , G ar r et thas fa il e dto e s t a b l i s h t h a th is s e n t e n c e is u n r e a s o n a b le . T h e d is t r ic tc o u r t ’s j udg m e nti s t he r e f

o r e a f f i r m e d. W e n ot e t h at i n res pon se t o A n d ersm o t i o ns f i l e d b y G ar r e t t ’ s a ppo i n t ed cou n sel w e ord ere dtha t cou n sel ad d ress the i m p a ct o f r e c e n t am en d m en ts t o § 2D1. 1(c ) . The f

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