U.S. v. SCOTT

No. 90-1224.

915 F.2d 774 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John W. SCOTT, Jr., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Romano, Providence, R.I., for defendant, appellant.

Anthony C. Digioia, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Lincoln C. Almond, U.S. Atty., Providence, R.I., was on brief, for U.S.

Before CAMPBELL and SELYA, Circuit Judges, and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Scott appeals from the sentence imposed by the district court. He contends the court abused its discretion in applying, and also in departing from, the Sentencing Guidelines. See Sentencing Reform Act, as amended, 18 U.S.C. § 3551 et seq; 28 U.S.C. §§ 991-998. In particular, he argues that the district court erred in (1) refusing to subtract two points for defendant's alleged acceptance of responsibility...

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