United States v. William Mitchell, Jr.

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• concluding that the district court did not err by considering the defendant’s failure to “accept responsibility for his crime” when weighing the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors (citation omitted)
• noting that “[b]oth parties had the right to have the case submitted to the jury under instructions that would allow a full and fair evaluation of the evidence of record in light of the theories proffered by each side”
• noting that “[b]oth parties had the right to have the case submitted to the jury under instructions that would allow a full and fair evaluation of the evidence of record in light of the theories proffered by each side”
• “Deliberate avoidance is not a standard less than knowledge; it is simply another way that knowledge may be proven.” (citation omitted)
• noting the two factual predicates that warrant a deliberate-ignorance instruction
• reviewing deferentially a decision not to vary downward

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