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The defendant, Luther El-Thomas Jones, pled guilty to theft of firearms from a licensed dealer. He was sentenced to 13 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release. Jones appealed his sentence. The court found that the sentence did not violate the 6th Amendment under Blakely/Booker. However, the court did find plain error because the district court treated the guidelines as mandatory and stated it may have imposed a lower sentence of 5 months if the guidelines were advisory. Therefore, the cou

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