U.S. v. Sellers

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Sentencing
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 09-2037
Decision Date: 
February 25, 2010
Federal District: 
W.D. Wisc.
Holding: 
Affirmed
Dist. Ct. did not err in sentencing defendant to 168-month term of incarceration on drug distribution charge even though Dist. Ct. rejected defendant's contention that he was entitled to two-level reduction in offense level based on his cooperation with law enforcement and on his guilty plea. Dist. Ct. could properly view that defendant's post-arrest telephone call to his wife to tip off third-party, with whom defendant had prior drug dealings, to conceal drugs, as well as defendant's fight with fellow prisoner in jail, as inconsistent with sincere acceptance of responsibility for his criminal conduct.