United States v. Christopher Walker

CONTIE, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Christopher Walker (“Walker”) appeals the district court’s finding that he was not entitled to an acceptance of responsibility reduction under U.S.S.G. § 8E1.1. We affirm the district court for the following reasons.

I

On August 29, 1996, the grand jury for the Western District of Michigan returned a five-count indictment against Walker and one co-defendant, Melvin Sylvester (“Sylvester”). The indictment charged the two men with conspiracy to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) and 846 (Count One), and charged Walker with distributing…