United States Eleventh Circuit

Defendant's conviction for forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating, or interfering with three U.S. Marshals is affirmed where the instruction read by the district court provided a correct statement of the law about the standard of proof required to convict. However, defendant's sentence is vacated where it was erroneous to award a reduction for acceptance of responsibility because defendant denied guilt in the face of evidence to the contrary.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/08/2010
• Published 12/08/2010

Judges

• William H. Pryor, Jr.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel