United States v. John Wesley Scrivener

How courts have described this case

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• holding “[a] single vulnerable victim is sufficient to support application of the [vulnerable victim] enhancement”
• stating that a defendant’s attempt to minimize his involvement is inconsistent with acceptance of responsibility
• affirming a loss calculation based on extrapolation from a sample of thirteen percent
• where defendant attempted to falsely minimize his role in the offense, the district court did not clearly err in denying an adjustment for acceptance of responsibility
• defendant’s attempts to minimize his own involvement and blame his son were inconsistent with acceptance of responsibility
• “[Defendant] has cited no cases which require a district court to credit a defendant’s cursory expressions of contrition. Indeed, none exist.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).