United States v. Guzmán

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant José Guzmán asserts that the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Booker, — U.S. -, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), entitles him to resentencing under non-mandatory sentencing guidelines. Employing the plain error analysis applicable to unpreserved claims of Booker error, we *29conclude that the appellant suffered no cognizable prejudice resulting from the application of a mandatory guidelines system. Accordingly, we affirm his sentence.

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Background

On November 10, 1994, a federal grand jury handed up a multi-count indictment charging the…