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· 2/27/2001

Cazabat v. Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance, Kc99-544 (2001)

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  • holding that sentencing court's admonitions to defendant about dangers incident to decision to testify did not constitute \threat designed to scare off\ defendant from testifying
  • holding that a sentence was substantively reasonable because the district court considered the defendant’s drug addiction but also considered his planning of the crime, his threats, and the need for deterrence
  • holding court’s warning during sentencing was “a disclosure that educated Stile concerning the risks of his gambit, rather than as a threat designed to scare off a proposed witness in his defense”
  • affirming denial of acceptance-of-responsibility adjustment, even though defendant had pleaded guilty, because defendant \obstructed the government's efforts to prosecute him\

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Judges: WILLIAMS, J.

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