United States v. Thomas E. Muldoon, United States of America v. Thomas E. Muldoon

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• holding that a Franks hear- ing was unwarranted because the defendant failed to make the necessary preliminary showing
• holding that where the profit made on a contract obtained through bribery is not determinable from the evidence, the amount of the bribe is the proper amount to use in increasing the offense level
• noting that absent rare circumstances, USSG § 3E1.1 pre- cludes a downward adjustment for acceptance of responsibility where a defendant exercises his constitutional right to a trial
• noting that absent rare circum- stances, USSG § 3E1.1 precludes a downward adjustment for accep- tance of responsibility where a defendant exercises his constitutional right to a trial
• noting that an illegal gratuity to a public official, as pro- hibited by § 201(c)(1)(a), is a lesser included offense of bribery of a pub- lic official, as prohibited by § 201(b)(1)
• \an illegal gratuity is a payment made for an act by the recipient that might have been done without any payment\

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