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# FI LED AU G 02 2010 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS09- 50398 2 P ena c on t ends thatthe di stri ctcourterre d u nd er App re nd iv. N ew Je rs ey , 530 U . S . 466 ( 2000) , by i nc r e a s i ng hi s s e nt e nc e on the ba s i s of apr i orc onvi c t i on th a t w a s n e ith e rp r o v e n to aju ry b e y o n d ar e a s o n ab le d o u b t n o ra d m itte d . T h is arg u m en t , h o w ev er, i s fo recl o sed b y A lm enda rez- T orres v . U

ni ted Stat es , 5 2 3 U . S. 2 2 4 ( 1 9 9 8 ) , a n d th is c o u rt’s s u b s e q u e n t c a s e s h o ld in g th a t A lm en da rez-T o rres has notbe e n ove rrul e d by s ubs e que ntS upr e m e C our tde c i s i ons . See, e. g. , U ni ted S ta tes v. A lm a za n -B ecerra , 48 2 F . 3d 10 85 , 10 91 (9th C i r. 20 07 ). P e naf urthe rc ont e nds tha thi s s e nt e nc e w a s unr e a s onabl e . O urr e vi e w of the r e c or d i ndi c a t e s tha tthe di s tr i c tc our tdi d notpr oc e dur a l l y e rra nd tha t , unde rthe t ot a l i ty of

the c i r c um s t a nc e s , the 70- m onth s e nt e nc e a tthe l ow e nd of the G u id e lin e s w a s n o t s u b s ta n tiv e ly u n r e a s o n ab le . Se e U n ite d S ta te s v . C a r ty , 520 F .3 d 9 8 4 , 9 9 1 - 9 3 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 8 ) ( e n b a n c ) ; se e al so U ni ted Stat es v. Menyw eather , 4 4 7 F . 3 d 6 2 5 , 6 3 2 - 3 3 ( 9 th C i r . 2 0 0 6 ) ( d o wn war d d e p a r tu r e u n d e rU. S . S . G. § 5H 1. 6 ba s e d on f

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