Opinion ID: 203924
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Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Wallace's Challenges to Resentencing

Text: In the instant appeal, the government argues that several of Wallace's numerous challenges to the sentence imposed on remand are barred, in one way or another, by the law of the case doctrine. These potentially precluded claims fall into two categories. First, there are two grounds for departure  the dangerous weapons and disruption of government function grounds  that we upheld as valid in Wallace's first appeal, but that he now asks us to reconsider. Second, there are two enhancements  for obstruction of justice and for appellant's use of stolen weapons  that were first imposed at the initial sentencing and which, after Wallace failed to challenge them in the first appeal, were reimposed on remand. After setting forth the law of the case doctrine as it applies here, we address briefly each issue in both categories in turn, and then move to those objections that are properly before us.