United States v. Jerome Wayne Johnson

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• holding that district court properly determined that defendant did not qualify for safety valve exception when he failed to disclose information about the intended distribution of the 273 marijuana plants he was cultivating
• explaining that § 3553(f), “as well as U.S.S.G. § 5C1.2 which employs the same list of factors, is commonly called the ‘safety valve’”
• affirming denial of safety-valve relief where defendant refused to provide any information about the intended distribution of 273 marijuana plants grown at his residence
• affirming denial of “safety-valve” relief based on the district court’s inference that a large quantity of marijuana was being grown for distribution and defendant failed to disclose information about distribution
• “The burden is on the defendant to show that he has met all of the safety valve factors.”
• “[I]t is the offense for which the defendant is convicted that determines the scope of information which the defendant must disclose.”

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