U.S. v. Acevedo-Fitz

Dist. Ct. did not err in sentencing defendant to 120-month term of incarceration on drug conspiracy, even though Dist. Ct. based said sentence on finding that defendant was ineligible for reduced sentence under safety value provisions, where defendant had been caught lying on two separate “safety-valve” debriefings, during which defendant had attempted to provide details of his drug trafficking with customers. While defendant argued that he was entitled to safety-valve provisions, where he subsequently sent Dist. Ct. letter that identified his customers and his heroin supplier, Dist. Ct. was not required to ignore defendant’s false statements in his debriefings that denied events that were demonstrably true. Moreover, Dist. Ct. could properly find that information provided by defendant in his letter was not complete disclosure of facts surrounding charged offense.