United States v. Aidoo, No. 10-4752 (4th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseDefendant pleaded guilty to unlawful importation of heroine and defendant subsequently appealed his sentence. The court rejected defendant's claim that the district court applied the wrong legal standard and that the government's failure to timely object to the PSR should have precluded the court's consideration of the government's objection to application of the safety valve. The court also rejected defendant's challenges to the district court's denial of relief under 18 U.S.C. 3553(f). Defendant bore the burden of proving that he had provided truthful and complete disclosure to the government, but he presented no evidence compelling such a conclusion. The district court committed no error when concluding that defendant's international-clothes-buying story was false, and that conclusion provided a proper basis for the court's rejection of defendant's claim that he was entitled to sentencing under the safety valve. Accordingly, the court affirmed the sentence.
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