· 1/7/2014
United States v. Fernando Acevedo-Fitz
Citations
- 739 F.3d 967
- 2014 WL 47021
- 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 286
How courts have described this case
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- “We have long held the view that lying is inconsistent with a good-faith effort to cooperate, and thus a sentencing judge may refuse the safety valve to a defendant who was caught lying during [post-plea] safety-valve debriefings.”
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Judges: Flaum, Sykes, Tinder
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