United States v. Pedro v. Spedalieri

How courts have described this case

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• adumbrating that “contrition” is necessary to receive a downward departure for acceptance of responsibility
• explaining that, when no Supreme Court decision establishes controlling precedent, “[a] district court must follow the precedent of this circuit regardless of its views [about] the advantages of” precedent from elsewhere
• noting that a panel cannot overrule circuit precedent
• defendant argued district court never exercised its discretion in considering evidence of diminished capacity because jury verdict rejected insanity defense
• “Even if we were inclined toward Spedalieri’s position, which we are not, a panel cannot overrule circuit precedent.”
• “A district court must follow the precedent of this circuit, regardless of its views concerning the advantages of the precedent of our sister circuits.”

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