United States v. Corona-Verbera

How courts have described this case

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• holding government established futility where there was “[s]ubstantial evidence . . . that extradition from Mexico on drug related charges prior to 2002 was extremely rare” (emphasis added)
• government’s failure to pursue extradition from Mexico when Mexican government had policy of not extraditing its citizens on narcotics charges was not negligent
• “Rule 48(b) ‘clearly is limited to post-arrest situations.’” (quoting United States v. Marion, 404 U.S. 307, 319 (1971))
• “[W]hen a defendant fails to make a specific showing as to what a [ ] witness would have said, any argument of prejudice is pure conjecture.”
• acceptance of responsibility is a 3 justifiable basis for sentencing disparity
• “To comply with the require- ments of Booker . . . does not necessitate a specific articula- tion of each [§ 3553(a)] factor separately, but rather a showing that the district court considered the statutorily- designated factors in imposing a sentence.”

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