Opinion ID: 169726
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Heading: Imposition of statutory mandatory minimum twenty-year sentence.

Text: Beckstead argues that the district court's imposition of the statutory mandatory minimum twenty-year sentence violated United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). Because Beckstead objected to the mandatory minimum sentence in the district court, we review it de novo. See United States v. Bustamante, 454 F.3d 1200, 1202 (10th Cir.2006). This court has previously held that  Booker . . . does not apply to statutory minimum sentences. United States v. Harris, 447 F.3d 1300, 1307 (10th Cir.2006); see also United States v. Ramirez, 479 F.3d 1229, 1255 (10th Cir.2007). Beckstead acknowledges this authority and seeks only to preserve this issue for further appeal.