FI L ED U.S. COURT OF A P P E A LS E LE V EN T H C IR C U IT NOVEMB ER 23 , 2005 THOMAS K. KAH

N CL ERK [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UN ITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FO R T HE EL EV EN TH CIRC UI T

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____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ D. C. Docket N o. 00-00048 -CR- LA C-3-2 UNITED STAT ES OF AMERIC A, Pl ai nt iff -Ap pe ll ee, ve rs us W ILLIAM HARRY WEST, et a l., Defen da nt s- App el la nt s.

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ Appeal f rom the United State s District Court fo r the N orthe rnD istri ct

of F lor ida

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ _ (N ove m be r 23, 200 5) ON REM AN D F ROMTHE SU PREME CO UR T OF THE U NITE D S TAT ES
Be fo re A N D E RS O N , BA RKE T T and R O N E Y , Ci rc uit Jud ge s. PE R CU RIA M: On J an u ary 2 4 , 2 0 0 5 , t h e S up re m e C o u rtg ra n t edWil l i am Harry Wes t ’s petition for writ of cer

tiorari and vacated our decision affir m ing hi s jur

y2

co nvi ct ionand 1 36- m onth se nte nc e fo r co nspi ra cy to co m m it w ir e fr au d and
se curi tie s f

ra ud, 18 U
. S. C. § 37 1, c onsp ir ing to co m m it m one y

launde ri ng of fe nse s, 18 U
. S. C. § 19 56( h) , and m one y launde ri ng, 18 U
. S. C. § 19 57. T he Court rem anded the case to us for further consideration in light o f Booker v. United States , 543 U. S. ___, 125 S. Ct. 738 (200 5). Both parties have filed supp lem ental letter brief

s addressing th e im

plications of B ook

er to the f ac ts and ci rc u m s t an ce s o f t h i s ca s e. We re i n s t at e o u r p re v i o u s o p i n i o n , a n daf fi rm W es t ’s
co nvi ct ion s and s en te nc es . Th e g o v e rn men tar g u e s th a tWe s th a s ab an d o n e dan y B ook er cl ai m by fa ili ng t o r ai se it

in his ini tia l br ie f. W es t’ s c ourt- ap poi nte d a ppe llate c ouns el on thi s r em an d ha s c or

re ct ly not ed that W es t’ s in iti al br ie f ad opt ed the br ie fs of

his fiv e co -d efen da nt s p ur su an t t o 1 1t h C ir. R . 28 -1 (f). Co -d efen da ntJef frey A. Matz ’ s in iti al br ie f ra ise d an Apprendi v. N ew Je rsey , 530 U
. S. 466 , 120 S
. Ct
. 2348 ( 2000 ) , ar gum en t r el at ing to Matz ’ s de nia l of his S ixth A m en dm en t r igh t t o a j ury trial in his crim inal contem pt proceeding. T his Court has “ liberally construed what it m eans to raise aB lak el y -ty pe or Booker -type i ss ue ” o n app eal
. United States v. Le vy , 416 F
. 3d 1 273, 127 9 ( 11th C ir
. 200 5) ; cf
. U nited Sta tes v . D ow lin g , 403 F.3d 124 2, 1246 (11th Cir. 2005 ) (listing factors to evaluate whether “ Booker
ty pe ” iss ue w as r ai se d inini tia l br ie f)
. B y W es t a dopt ing Matz ’ s in iti al br ie f an d apply ing ou r liberal r

ules of raising a B ook

er obj ec tio n inan op en ing br ie f, W es t3

has tim ely

raised a “

Booker -type i ss ue ” in hi s o pe ni ng bri ef. Levy , 416 F. 3d at 1279 ; D ow lin g , 403 F
. 3d at 12 46.

“ The f irst questio n that an appellate court review ing a B ook er cl ai m m ust ask is: didthe defendant m ake a c onsti tutio nal objection?” D ow lin g , 403 F. 3d at 1 2 4 5
. We s th a s f

a i l e dt o i d e n t i f

y, n o r h a v e we f

o u n d , an y Booker -ty

pe co nst itutio na l ob

j ec tio n to se nte nc ing that w as m ad e in the dis tr ic t c ourt. T his
re sul ts i n apla in e rr or

r ev ie w , r equir ing r ev er sa l on ly if the re is (1 ) er

ro r, that i s (2 ) pl ai n, an d (3 ) affe ct s West ’s subs ta nt ia l ri gh ts . D ow lin g , 40 3 F .3dat 1 24 6- 47
.

“ If a ll thr ee c ondi tio ns are m et , an a ppe llate c ourt m ay

the n e xe rc ise it s di sc re tio n to n oti ce af

or fe ite d e rr or , but

onl y if ( 4) the e rr or

se ri ousl y a ff ec ts the f ai rn es s, int eg ri ty , or

pub lic r ep utatio n of

j udi ci al pr oc ee din gs. ” 403 F
. 3d at 12 47 (quotation om itted). A lth oughW es t m ee ts the f ir st tw o pr ongs of

the pla in e rr or

ana ly sis be ca

use the dis tr ic t c ourt se nte nc ed him und er the the n m an dator

y se nte nc ing gui de lin e schem e to 136 m onth s im prisonm ent, which was the m iddle of the guid eline range, W es t ha s f

ai le d to de m onstrate , how ev er , that the re is a re as ona

ble pr oba bil ity of adif fe re nt r es ult

if the gui de lin es ha d be enappl ie d inan a dvi sor y ins te ad of bin din g f as hio n by the se nte nc ing j udge in thi s c as e be ca use nothin g inthe r ec or d in dic at es that the j udge m ig htha ve im

po se d adi ffer en t s en te nc in g s ch em e. 403 F.3d at 1247 (quotation om itted).4

Ar ev ie wof

W es t’ s se nte nc ing tr an sc ri pts ne gate s any r ea sona ble probabilit y

that the district court would have sentenced W est differe ntly under an advis or y sc he m e. A t se nte nc ing , the dis tr ic t c ourt re fus ed to ex erci se it s dis cr et ion unde r the the n m an dator y gui de lin es by

de ny ing W es t’ s r eque st t o be
se nte nc ed be lowthe gui de lin es . T he dis tr ic t c ourt r ule d a s f oll ow s: T H E CO U RT : E xc use m e, be fo re w e go, I do w an t t o give y ou the Court’s dec ision with re gard to the m oney laun de rin g a ndy ou r m ot io n t o g o b el ow t he gu id el in es . The m otion will be denied. I do find that m oney laundering was an appropriate guideline. N ot t hat I ne cessa ril

y alw ay s ap prov e of t

he gui de lin es , wh at t

hose co m m iss ion er

s do , but I thi nk in the ir d ec isi on t hat it is appr opri ate, tha t this is not out of thehe art lan d of

the money laundering

cases , be ca

use the m one y

spe ci fi ca lly wa s laundered to further the crim inal activity that wa s inv olv ed and i s th e ty

pe of c ondu ct that C ongr es s intended to prescribe. A cc or din gly , W es t ha s no t sh own th at the m an dator

y appl ic at ionof

the gu id el in es affe ct edhi s s ub st an ti al rig ht s. Se e D ow lin g , 4 0 3 F. 3 dat1 2 4 7 . We the re fo re r ei nst at e our

pr ev iou s op ini on i n th is c as e an d a ff irm W es t’ s c onvi ct ion s
an d se nte nc es . OPI NIO N REINST ATED; SE NTENCE AFFIRMED.