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· 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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