United States v. Manuel Gamez, A.K.A. Manuel Gamez-Rubio, Gustavo Gamez, Manuel Flores-Falvez, Manuel Gomez-Rubio, Manuel Flores-Galvez

SNEED, Circuit Judge.

Manuel Gamez appeals his conviction and 151-month sentence for drug importation. Gamez was charged with various marijuana and murder-related offenses. The jury acquitted him on all murder-related charges but found him guilty of all marijuana-related charges. The district court applied U.S.S.G. § 2Dl.l(d)(l)’s murder cross-reference to impose a 151-month sentence on Gamez when he otherwise would have been subject to a Guidelines maximum sentence of 46 months. The district court applied the murder cross-reference because it found that murder was both foreseeable and in…