United States v. Moncivais

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that a statement was sufficiently reliable because it was detailed and “both internally and externally consistent.”
• holding that a defendant who supplied another with drugs, gave another orders, and had “a large stake in the profitability” of the drug organization is subject to a § 3B1.1(a) enhancement
• noting that a plea agreement “must be construed as a reasonable person would interpret its words”
• noting that a plea agreement “must be construed as a reasonable person would interpret its words”
• noting that evidence must meet a “minimum indicia- of-reliability” standard to be admissible at sentencing
• deeming a co-defendant’s hearsay statement sufficiently reliable based in part on its having been “richly detailed” and “both internally and externally consistent”

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