United States v. DeJesus, No. 19-1445 (1st Cir. 2021)
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The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court sentencing Defendant to a 130-month term of immurement and refusing to grant him an offense-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility, holding that there was no error or abuse of discretion.
Defendant pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and to petit larceny. The district court imposed a downwardly variant sentence of 130 months' imprisonment. The First Circuit affirmed, holding (1) the district court did not clearly err in denying Defendant an offense-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility; and (2) Defendant's sentence was not substantively unreasonable.
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