Eighth Circuit: United States v. Gervais (Ken) Ngombwa

No ineffective assistance where attorney declines to investigate family relations, thinking there to be a substantial likelihood that unsavory details might be discovered.

Misstatements to agency properly grouped with later immigration offenses, as the purpose of the agency action was immigration enforcement, which serves society -- the victims were identical.

No Ex Post Facto violation in using a version of the sentencing guidelines in effect at the time of the later crimes that contains a new enhancement relevant to the earlier crimes, as sufficient notice before the later crimes is presumed.

No abuse of discretion in use of foreign convictions as proxies for the factual finding that the criminal history level underrated the deft's acts.

No abuse of discretion in use of genocide witness statements -- if hearsay, they had sufficient indicia of credibility.

Foreign expert testifying on video-link at sentencing is not unreliably unsworn.

http://media.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/18/06/187168P.pdf