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· 11/30/1990

United States v. Garcia, Victor Monsalve, Palacio, Appeal of Victor Monsalve

Citations

  • 920 F.2d 153

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that drug courier was not entitled to minor role reduction
  • affirming denial of minor role adjustment to drug courier who received $150 for single delivery of narcotics on behalf of co-defendants he met for the first time on the delivery date because “[c]ouriers are indis pensable to the smuggling and delivery of drugs and their proceeds”
  • “It is the defendant’s burden to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that his level of culpability entitles him to a minor role reduction.”
  • “It is the defendant‟s burden to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that his level of culpability entitles him to a minor role reduction.”

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Judges: Van Graafeiland, Walker, Dearie

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