United States v. Pio Garcia, United States of America v. Wilfredo Antonmarchi

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• agreement to take no position on the sentence not violated where Government provided factual information in response to a question from the court
• failure to request evidentiary hearing on hearsay information in presentence report waives defendant's objection to sentencing court's reliance on such hearsay
• “One who affirmatively seeks special favor at sentencing has the burden of proving why it should be bestowed.”
• “[A] court may properly invoke its power to grant lenity to those who, having admitted transgressions against the sovereign, thereafter assist the sovereign in improving social order and the public welfare.”
• “[A] court may properly invoke its power to grant lenity to those who, having admitted transgressions against the sovereign, thereafter assist the sovereign in improving social order and the public welfare.”

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