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t e rL or e nz o pl e a de d gui l ty t o pos s e s s i on of D e vi c e - M a ki ng E qui pm e nt w i th the i nt e ntt o de f

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18 U . S . C . § 1029( a ) ( 4) . T he gove rnm e nt ar gu es thati n l i gh tof U ni ted Stat es v. B oo ke r , 54 3 U . S . , 12 5 S . C t . 73 8 (20 05 ), the di stri ctcourtcom m i tt ed re vers i bl e e rr or i n app l yi ng the S ent enci ng G ui del i nes a s m a n d a to ry . T h e g o v e rn m e n t f u rth e rc o n te n d s th a t th e d is tr ic t c o u rt f a ile d to c orr e c t l y c a l c ul a t e the a dvi s ory gui de l i ne s r a nge by notappl y i ng a n e nha nc e m e nt ba s e d upon al os s a m ountf ound by the di s tr i c tc ourtbutnotc ha r ge d i n the in d ic tm e n t o ra d m itte d to b y th e d e f e n d a n t. T h e g o v ern m en tp ro p erl y p reserv ed i t s B oo ke rerror c l ai m by ra i si ng an obj ec t i on t o the di stri ctcourt ’ s app l i ca t i on of B la ke ly a t s e n te n c in g . See U ni ted S ta te s v . M

a th e n ia , 409 F . 3d 1289, 1291 ( 11th C i r . 2005) ( hol di ng tha tappe l l a nt pr ope r l y pr e s e rve d B o o ker e rr orc l a i m by c i t i ng B lakel y in h is w r itte n o b

je c tio n to th e p r e s e n te n c e in v e s tig a tio n r e p o rt a n d r e m in d in g th e c o u rt a t s e n te n c in g o f h is B la ke ly o b

je c tio n ) .

“ W e rev i ew q u est i o n s o f l aw ari si n g u n d er th e S en t en ci n g G u i d el i n es de no vo . ” U

n i ted S ta tes v. Cra w

f o rd , 4 0 7 F .3 d 1 1 7 4 , 1 1 7 8 ( 1 1 th C ir . 2 0 0 5 ) . D e c i di ng w he the raf

a c t ori s ape rm i s s i bl e gr ounds on w hi c h t o upw a r dl y or d o w n w a r d ly d e p a rt f

r o m th e S e n te n c in g G u id e lin e s is aq u e s tio n o f la w . See U n ite d S ta te s v . Kim , 36 4 F . 3d 12 35 , 12 39 -40 (11 th C i r. 20 04 ).3

B o o ker d o e s n o t a lte ro u rr e v ie w o f th e ap p lic a tio n o f

th e G u id e lin e s . Cra w f o rd , 407 F . 3d a t1178. T he S upr e m e C ourtc onc l ude d i n B oo ke rtha tthe di s tr i c tc ourtm us ts t i l l c ons i de rthe S e nt e nc i ng G ui de l i ne s i n c orr e c t l y de t e rm i ni ng ad e f e n d a n t’s s e n te n c e . B oo ke r , 1 2 5 S . C t. a t 7 6 5 . F u rth e r , d is tr ic t c o u rts , p o s tB oo ke r , ha ve the obl i ga t i on t o c orr e c t l y c a l c ul a t e the G ui de l i ne s r a nge . “ A f t e r[ the d is tr ic t c o u rt] h a s m a d e th is c a lc u la tio n , [ a n d c o n s id e r s o th e rf a c to r s a s s e t f

o rth in 18 U . S . C . § 3553, i t ] m a y i m pos e am or e s e ve r e orm or e l e ni e nts e nt e nc e a s l ong as the se nt ence i s r ea sonabl e. ” Cra w f o rd , 4 0 7 F .3 d a t 1 1 7 8 , ci t i ngB oo ke r1 2 5 S. C t. a t 7 6 7 . I n the i ns t a ntc a s e , the di s tr i c tc ourti ndi c a t e d i t s de s i r e t o f a c t orthe a m ount of l os s i nt o the de t e rm i na t i on of the appr opr i a t e G ui de l i ne s r a nge a nd thus sen t en ce L o ren zo w i th i n a h i g h er ran g e. H o w ev er, th e d i stri ctco u rtd i d n o tu se th is f a c to rto e n h a n c e L o r e n z o ’s s e n te n c e b e c au s e th e d is tr ic t c o u rt c o n s id e r e d it proh i bi t ed un der B la ke ly . Cra w f o rd i ndi c a t e s tha tthe di s tr i c tc ourtw a s abl e t o a nd sh o u ldh av e tak en in to co n sid er atio n th e lo ss am o u n t th at re su lt ed fr o m L o re n zo ’s c r im in a l a c ts in c o rr e c tly c a lc u la tin g L o r e n z o ’s s e n te n c e . Cra w f o rd , 40 7 F . 3d at 1178. D et erm i ni ng the corre ctS ent enci ng G ui del i ne ra ng e r em ai ns a c ruci al o b lig a tio n o f

th e d is tr ic t c o u rt p o s t- B oo ke r . I n th is c a s e , th e d is tr ic t c o u rt f a ile d to4

c ons i de rthe c orr e c tG ui de l i ne s r a nge i n de t e rm i ni ng L or e nz o’ s s e nt e nc e . T he e rr o rw a s n o t h a rm le s s b e c au s e th e c o u rt’s c o m m e n ts m a k e it c le a rth a t h a d it c o n s id e r e d th e c o rr e c t s e n te n c in g r a n g e , th e s e n te n c e w o u ld h a v e b e e n h ig h e r . A cc ordi ng l y, w e vac at e L orenzo’ s s ent ence and rem and the ca se t o the di stri ct c o u rt f o rr e s e n te n c in g . SEN TEN C E VA C A TED A N D R EM A N D ED