United States v. Raymond Damon Smith, Also Known as "Cap"

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

This case is back before this court after the Supreme Court granted Raymond Damon Smith’s petition for certiorari, vacated our earlier judgment in his case, and remanded for further consideration in light of United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621, (2005). In an opinion filed on August 4, 2004, we affirmed Smith’s conviction and sentence, rejecting Smith’s arguments that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance and that the district court 1 erred in its denial of his request for a new trial. United States v. Smith, 378 F.3d 754 (8th…