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Summary: Case: 13-10657 Date Filed: 02/04/2014 Page: 1 of 2 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT _ No. 13-10657 Non-Argument Calendar _ D.C. Docket No. 1:12-cr-20674-UU-3 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus STEPHON KENDRICKS, Defendant-Appellant. _ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida _ (February 4, 2014) Before TJOFLAT, JORDAN, and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges. Case: 13-10657 Date Filed: 02/04/2014 Pa
Summary: Case: 13-10657 Date Filed: 02/04/2014 Page: 1 of 2 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT _ No. 13-10657 Non-Argument Calendar _ D.C. Docket No. 1:12-cr-20674-UU-3 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus STEPHON KENDRICKS, Defendant-Appellant. _ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida _ (February 4, 2014) Before TJOFLAT, JORDAN, and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges. Case: 13-10657 Date Filed: 02/04/2014 Pag..
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Case: 13-10657 Date Filed: 02/04/2014 Page: 1 of 2
[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 13-10657
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 1:12-cr-20674-UU-3
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
STEPHON KENDRICKS,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
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(February 4, 2014)
Before TJOFLAT, JORDAN, and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges.
Case: 13-10657 Date Filed: 02/04/2014 Page: 2 of 2
PER CURIAM:
Stephon Kendricks appeals his below-guideline mandatory minimum 60-
month sentence, imposed after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent
to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. The district court -- following an
evidentiary hearing -- did not err in denying Kendricks safety valve relief because
Kendricks failed to meet his burden of proving that his safety-valve statement was
sufficient, and the court’s determination that Kendricks fell short of truthfully
providing all of the information that he had about his offense was not clearly
erroneous. Where a fact pattern gives rise to two reasonable and different
constructions, “the factfinder’s choice between them cannot be clearly erroneous.”
United States v. Saingerard,
621 F.3d 1341, 1343 (11th Cir. 2010) (quotation
omitted).
The district court probably did not err and did not plainly err in failing to
find (without prompting from the defendant) that the government breached
Kendricks’ plea agreement by expanding the scope of the required safety-valve
disclosure statement to include information about prior drug transactions. For
background, see United States v. De La Garza,
516 F.3d 1266, 1269 (11th Cir.
2008); United States v. Figueroa,
199 F.3d 1281, 1283 (11th Cir. 2000).
AFFIRMED.
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