United States v. Diablo William

SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.

Diablo S. William pled guilty to two counts of distributing five grams or more of cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1). William was released pending sentencing and subsequently arrested for robbery. At the sentencing for William’s federal drug offenses, the district court 1 found that William’s arrest for robbery and his attempts to manufacture exculpatory evidence meant that he was not entitled to a three-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility in his advisory sentencing Guidelines offense level. The court sentenced William to 262…