U.S. v. HARRIS

No. 89-5511.

882 F.2d 902 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Edward HARRIS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Alan Dubois, Jr., Asst. Federal Public Defender (William E. Martin, Federal Public Defender on brief) for defendant-appellant.

Andrew Levchuk (Margaret P. Curri, U.S. Atty., Linda Kaye Teal, Asst. U.S. Atty., Karen Skrivseth, Dept. of Justice, on brief) for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CHAPMAN and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges, and SPENCER, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


SPENCER, District Judge:

Appellant James Edward Harris ("Harris") challenges the district court's refusal to grant him a two-step offense level reduction pursuant to Sentencing Guideline § 3E1.1(a) based on his purported acceptance of responsibility for his criminal conduct. Harris also contends that even if the trial court did not err in declining to grant him an offense level reduction, he is entitled to be resentenced because the district court failed to articulate...

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