United States v. Wing Fook Lui

How courts have described this case

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• holding that modus operandi evidence may be appropriate to explain complex criminal activity patterns
• holding that an issue is preserved for appeal if “the substance of the objection has been thoroughly explored during the hearing”
• holding that substantial amounts of narcotics is grounds for refusing to grant a sentence reduction
• stating possession of a substantial amount of narcotics is sufficient evidence to support the denial of a mitigating role adjustment
• recognizing “certain limited circumstances” when such evidence is admissible
• denying a minor-role reduction where the defendant’s only evidence was his “self-serving statement”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).