United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Curtis R. Martin, Jr., Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee

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• holding that the party asserting the attorney-client privilege bears the burden of demonstrating each element
• recognizing that a party asserting privilege must “establish all the elements of the privilege,” including that it has not been waived
• noting that “the communication must be between the client and lawyer for the purpose of obtaining legal advice”
• stating the burden of proving whether the privilege exists rests on the party asserting the privilege
• finding prior convictions both similar to the offense of conviction and serious, and affirming one-level upward departure
• describing the required standard under the 5 credit-as-true doctrine, one element of which is that the record be fully developed

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