United States v. Shade

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Kevin Shade pleaded guilty to mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1346, and 2. The district court 1 sentenced Shade to 27 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. On appeal, Shade argues that the district court erred in denying him a two-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility under U.S.S.G. § 3E1.1 because the government failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that he recanted his admission to the offense. We affirm.

I. Background

Shade was an auto theft detective with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police…