United States v. McKanry

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• holding that the “evidence adequately supports the jury’s verdict” when defendant’s “denial was directly contradicted by evidence, including [defendant’s] recorded admission”
• recognizing that “it is nearly inconceivable that” once a district court has varied downward, it “abuse[s] its discretion [by] not varying downward [even] further” (citation omitted)
• explaining that it is “nearly inconceivable” that a district court abused its discretion by refusing to vary downward even further (citation omitted)
• “[I]t is nearly inconceivable” that once a district court has varied downward, it “abuse[s] its discretion in not varying downward [even] further.” (quotation marks omitted)
• government must prove that the defendant knowingly and willfully made a statement that he knew to be false for conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2)

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