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99-6347 -- U.S. v. Chancey -- 05/24/2000
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No. 99-6347
(D.C. No. CR-98-166-T)
Defendant-Appellant Terry Chancey appeals from his conviction, upon a plea of guilty, of distribution of one-quarter ounce of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). He was sentenced to 168 months imprisonment and five years supervised release. On appeal, he argues that the district court erred (1) in applying an obstruction of justice enhancement, USSG § 3C1.1, because the obstructive conduct did not relate to the count of conviction, (2) in denying a reduction for acceptance of responsibility, USSG § 3E1.1, based upon subsequent criminal conduct unrelated to the count of conviction. He also contends that (3) he is not subject to a statutory mandatory minimum sentence based upon "relevant conduct" given United States v. Santos, 195 F.3d 549 (10th Cir. 1999), decided during the pendency of his appeal. Our jurisdiction arises under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a) and we affirm.
The parties are familiar with the facts and we need not restate them here. Mr. Chancey withdrew his objection to the obstruction of justice enhancement and did not object to the presentence report's lack of an adjustment for acceptance of responsibility. 3 R. 2-6 (8/31/1999 Sentencing Tr.). Despite his characterization of these matters as legal warranting a plain error review, both of these issues involve factual determinations not subject to plain error review. See United States v. Svacina, 137 F.3d 1179, 1187 (10th Cir. 1998). Suffice it to say that a district court may consider obstructive conduct (occurring during the investigation and prosecution of the offense of conviction) that is designed to conceal relevant conduct. See USSG § 3C1.1, n.1; Supp. to App. C, amend. 581 (1998). Likewise, a district court may premise the denial of an acceptance of responsibility adjustment based upon post-offense criminal conduct, related or unrelated to the offense of conviction. See United States v. Prince, 204 F.3d 1021, 1023-24 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 2000 WL 419979 (U.S. May 15, 2000). In light of the above disposition, and that Mr. Chancey was sentenced based upon a stipulated drug quantity that resulted in a sentence in excess of a ten-year mandatory minimum, Santos does not assist him.
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