United States v. Maurice Fred Alves

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

In this sentencing guidelines case, we must decide an issue of first impression: is a career offender entitled to a two-point reduction for acceptance of responsibility for his criminal conduct from the sentencing levels set for a career offender. 1 The district court held “that a career offender is not entitled to the acceptance of responsibility for a two point deduction.” For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

I. FACTS

Maurice Fred Alves, defendant-appellant, was indicted on five counts of bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). Count one was dropped, for…