United States v. Harry Lee Barber

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Harry Lee Barber pled guilty to six counts of an indictment stemming from his manufacture of five pipe bombs, which he placed around the city of Des Moines, Iowa, in an attempt to create the appearance of a mad bomber. After an eviden-tiary hearing, the district judge accepted Barber’s guilty plea and imposed a term of imprisonment of ninety-six months to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release. Barber appeals his conviction based upon the district court’s lack of jurisdiction. Barber also appeals his sentence claiming the district court erred in applying…