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U.S. v. ALVES

No. 88-1752.

873 F.2d 495 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Maurice Fred ALVES, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 8, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Richman, Federal Defender Office, for defendant, appellant.

Martin F. Murphy, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Frank L. McNamara, Jr., U.S. Atty., was on brief, for U.S.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

In this sentencing guidelines case, we must decide an issue of first impression: is a career offender entitled to a two-point reduction for acceptance of responsibility for his criminal conduct from the sentencing levels set for a career offender.1 The district court held "that a career offender is not entitled to the acceptance of responsibility for a two point deduction." For the reasons set forth below, we affirm...

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