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f orc ons pi r a c y a nd pos s e s s i on w i th i nt e ntt o di s tr i but e f i ve orm or e ki l ogr a m s of c oc a i ne onboa r d a ve s s e l s ubj e c tt o U ni t e d S t a t e s j ur i s di c t i on, i n vi ol a t i on of 46 A p p . U .S .C . § 1 9 0 3 ( a ) , ( g ) , a n d ( j) , a n d 2 1 U .S .C . § 9 6 0 ( b ) ( 1 ) ( B ) ( ii) . O n ap p e a l, A rt ea ga-G om ez ar gu es thatthe di stri ctcourterre d, un der U ni ted Stat es v. B oo ke r , 543 U . S . 220, 125 S . C t . 738, 160 L . E d. 2d 621 ( 2005) , w he n i tappl i e d the S en t en ci n g G u i d el i n es as m an d at o ry. A rt eag a-G o m ez fu rth er arg u es th at , b ecau se th e d is tr ic t c o u r t’s e rr o ra f f e c te d h is s e n te n c e , th e e rr o rw a s n o t h a r m le s s . A r t e a ga - G om e z e xpl a i ns tha tthe di s tr i c tc our tw a s pr e c l ude d f r om c ons i de r i ng other r el evantfa ct ors thatt ended t o sho w thatthe fi nal se nt ence w as “ fa r m ore than nece ss ary t o acc om pl i sh the st atut ory purpo se s of s ent enci ng , ” s peci fi ca l l y thathe: ( 1) i s 33 y e a r s ol d a nd ha s ne ve rbe f or e be e n c onvi c t e d of

a c r i m e ; ( 2) gr e w up i n a v e ry p o o rh o m e i n C o l o m b i a ; ( 3 ) “ i s m a rr i e d a n d , p r i o rt o h i s a rr e s t , s u p p o r t e d two c hi l dr e n, a ge s 9 a nd 12, ” w ho now m us tbe s uppor t e d by hi s w i f e ; a nd ( 4) di d not c om pl e t e hi gh s c hool a nd ha s no a s s e t s . A r t e a ga - G om e z a r gue s tha t , a s a r e s ul tof hi s di sa dv ant aged backgrou nd , he i s l es s c ul pabl e. B ec ause A rt ea ga-G om ez di d n otra i se a B oo ke rc la im in th e d is tr ic t c o u r t, w e r e v ie w h is c la im f

o rp la in e rr o ro n ly . See U ni te d State s v . D ow l i ng , 403 F . 3d 1 2 4 2 , 1 2 4 6 - 4 7 ( 1 1 th C ir .) , c e r t. deni ed , 126 S . C t . 462 ( 2005) . U nde ra pl a i n e rr or a n a ly s is , a d e f

e n d a n t m u s t s h o w : ( 1 ) a n e rr o r , ( 2 ) th a t is p la in , a n d ( 3 ) a f f e c ts3

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th e d e f e n d a n t is ab le to m a k e a s h o w in g o f a ll th r e e , w e m a y th e n e x e r c is e o u rd is c r e tio n to n o tic e th e e rr o rif th e e rr o r“s e r io u s ly af fe ct s the fa i rnes s, i nt egri ty, or pu bl i c r eput at i on of j ud i ci al proceedi ng s. ” I d. We have hel d that , i n the cont extof B oo ke re rr o r s , th e p la in e rr o rte s t is s a tis f ie d o n ly w he n the de f

e nda ntc a n s how tha t“ the r e i s a r e a s onabl e pr obabi l i ty of a di f f e r e nt r e s ul ti f the gui de l i ne s ha d be e n appl i e d i n a n a dvi s ory i ns t e a d of a bi ndi ng fa shi on . ” U

ni t ed Stat es v. R odri

gu ez , 3 9 8 F .3 d 1 2 9 1 , 1 3 0 1 ( 1 1 th C ir .) , c e r t. de ni e d, 1 2 5 S . C t. 2 9 3 5 ( 2 0 0 5 ) . I n B oo ke r , the S upr e m e C our the l d tha tthe m a nda t ory na tur e of the S en ten cin g G u id elin es re n d er ed th em in co m p atib le w ith th e S ix th A m en d m en t’ s g u a r a n te e to th e r ig h t to a ju ry tr ia l. B oo ke r , 54 3 U . S . at23 1-35 , 12 5 S . C t . at 749- 51. T he C our tc onc l ude d tha tthe gui de l i ne s r e m a i n i n f or c e a s w r i tt e n, a nd, al th o u g h m an d at o ry ap p l i cat i o n n o l o n g er g o v ern s, d i stri ctco u rtj u d g es st i l l “ m u st consul ttho se G ui del i nes a nd t ake them i nt o acc ou ntw hen sent enci ng . ” I d. a t264, 1 2 5 S . C t . at7 6 7 . W e h av e h el d th ata st atu t o ry B oo ke rerror has been com m i tt ed

“ w hen the di stri ctcourtse nt ence s adefe nd antun der am andat ory gui del i nes sc hem e, even i n the abse nce of a Si xth A m endm entenhancem entvi ol at i on . ” U n ite d S ta te s v . M

a th e n ia , 409 F . 3d 1289, 1291 ( 11th C i r . 2005) ( quot a t i on om i tt ed).4

W e h a v e h e ld th a t “th e f a c t th a t th e d is tr ic t c o u r t s e n te n c e [ s ] [ a ] d e f e n d a n t to th e b o tto m o f

th e ap p lic ab le g u id e lin e s r a n g e e s tab lis h e s o n ly th a t th e c o u r t f e lt tha ts e nt e nc e w a s appr opr i a t e unde rthe m a nda t ory gui de l i ne s s y s t e m . I tdoe s not es t abl i sh a r ea sonabl e probabi l i ty thatthe courtw ou l d h ave i m po se d a l es se r se nt ence un der a n adv i sory re gi m e. ” U ni te d State s v . F i e lds , 408 F . 3d 1356, 1361 ( 1 1 th C ir .) , c e r t. deni ed , 12 6 S . C t . 22 1 (20 05 ). W e have further hel d that“ w here the e f f e c tof a n e rr oron the r e s ul ti n the di s tr i c tc our ti s unc e r t a i n or in d e te r m in a te [ ,] . . . th e ap p e lla n t h a s n o t m e t h is b u r d e n o f s h o w in g . . . th a t h is subst ant i al ri gh t s have been af fe ct ed. ” R odri

gu ez , 398 F . 3d a t1301. B e c a us e A r t e a ga - G om e z di d nots how tha tthe di s tr i c tc our tw oul d ha ve s e n t e n c e d h i m d i f

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