United States v. Galvon-Manzo, No. 10-4112 (10th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseCo-defendants and co-appellants Ramon Guzman-Manzo and Giovanni Galvon-Manzo each pled guilty to one count of cocaine possession with the intent to distribute. Each was subject to a ten-year mandatory minimum sentence unless they qualified for a "safety-valve" reduction. Defendants would have qualified for such a reduction if the court found that, among other things, Defendants were truthful and forthcoming with the information they gave to the government in its investigation. The court found that provisions of the "safety-valve" were very broad, and required "disclosure of everything the defendant [knew] about his own actions and [of] those who participated in the crime with him." After hearing all testimony in the case, the court rejected the application of the safety-valve reduction to both defendants and sentenced each to 120 months' imprisonment. Defendants challenged the district court's determination of the truthfulness of certain witness' testimony. Upon review of Defendants' arguments in light of the trial record and applicable legal authority, the Tenth Circuit deferred to the district court's assessment of the testimony presented at trial. Defendants' appeal was predicated primarily on the lower court's assessment of the truthfulness of that testimony. The Tenth Circuit affirmed Defendants' sentences.
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