United States v. Malcolm Frazier

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• holding that \[t]he acceptance of responsibility reduction essentially codifies the judicial practice of sentencing more leniently defendants who evidence contrition and cooperate with law enforcement authorities\
• holding that \[t]he acceptance of responsibility reduction essentially codifies the judicial practice of sentencing more leniently defendants who evidence contrition and cooperate with law enforce- ment authorities\
• conditioning of two point reduction on accepting responsibility for all criminal conduct does not violate fifth amendment right against self-incrimination
• “[T]he choice confronting defendants in appellant’s position is not ‘likely to exert such pressure upon an individual as to disable him from making a free and rational choice.’ ”
• \we fail to see how withholding the leniency offered in U.S.S.G.S 3E1.1 from those who refuse to waive their right to remain silent can be thought punitive\

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