United States v. Adrian Murphy

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• finding waiver when counsel asked for a sentence at low end of the sentencing guidelines rather than a departure
• explaining the circumstances in which a defendant waives the right to challenge the government's failure to file a motion for downward departure based on substantial assistance
• holding the defendant waived appellate review of the government’s refusal to file a § 5K1.1 motion because he did not, among other things, properly object or request a departure, and he asked for – and received – a sentence at the bottom of the range
• finding no plain error in the district court’s failure to depart downward where the defendant did not seek a departure but rather requested a sentence at the low end of the guidelines
• finding no plain error in the district court's failure to depart downward where the defendant's lawyer did nothing to seek such a departure but instead asked for a sentence at the low end of the sentencing range
• “[A litigant] cannot . . . complain when he receive[s] what he asked for.”

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