United States v. Byron Keith Thomas

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• holding that an appellant had abandoned arguments not raised in his opening brief and only mentioned in a cursory fashion in his reply brief
• holding that “acceptance of responsibility is all or nothing under § 3E1.1. A defendant who fails to accept responsibility for all of the crimes he has committed and with which he has been charged is entitled to nothing under § 3E1.1.”
• noting that the policies underlying Fed.R.Evid. 404(b) do not apply to inextricably intertwined evidence
• explaining that this Court is bound to follow Supreme Court 24 USCA11 Case: 19-12758 Date Filed: 01/19/2021 Page: 25 of 33 precedent “unless and until the Supreme Court itself overrules that decision”
• refusing to reconsider the holding of Almendarez-Torres in the light of Apprendi because of the “very-basic fact that we cannot overrule Supreme Court decisions”
• noting that large sums of cash can be an indicator of drug trafficking

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