Ninth Circuit· 6/15/1994

United States v. Bobby Lee Hopper

Citations

27 F.3d 378
94 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4459
94 Daily Journal DAR 8247
1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 14674
1994 WL 259431

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holding that defendant was not entitled to third-level reduction because guilty plea entered three weeks before trial was not timely
noting that obstructive conduct was brief, not ongoing or methodical, and was followed by full acceptance of responsibility for both initial offense and later obstruction
affirming district court’s denial of one-level § 3E1.1(b)(2) reduction when the defendant pled guilty “approximately three weeks prior to his scheduled trial date”
when defendant's obstructive conduct is inconsistent with defendant's acceptance of responsibility, sincerity of defendant's statement becomes questionable
“To conclude a case is not extraordinary, the district court must necessarily find the obstructive conduct is inconsistent with the defendant’s acceptance of responsibility.”
guilty plea approximately three weeks before trial not timely enough for one-level acceptance of responsibility reduction under subsection (b)(2) when government has already prepared for trial

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Judges: Poole, Beezer, Nelson

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