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Unpublished Decisions

By Shari Allison

U.S. v. Blacknoll, 2010 WL 1474489 (4/14/10) (unpub'd) - The 10th indicates it would be okay to deny a safety valve reduction on the grounds that the defendant's many misrepresentations in the past made it unlikely the defendant's current description of his role in the offense was truthful and complete. The 10th suggests that perhaps a defendant cannot meet the safety-valve disclosure requirement by making statements after the commencement of the sentencing hearing.U.S. v. Alicea, 2010 WL 1632903 (4/23/10) (unpub'd) - An officer's hearsay testimony that the credit card company "charged back" the merchants for purchases the defendant made with a fake credit card reliably established there were more than 10 victims of the defendant's offense...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tenth Circuit Blog on April 28, 2010 (boomark / email).