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7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 28 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from United States v. Philip Fiore, Also Known as Pete, and Louis J. Bombacino, Also Known as John Lordo, Also Known as Louie.

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1 United States v. Philip Fiore, Also Known as Pete, and Louis J. Bombacino, Also Known as John Lordo, Also Known as Louie Anchor
ca7 · 1999
green “must look beyond formalistic expressions of culpability and determine whether the defendant has manifested an acceptance of responsibility for his offense in a moral sense.” 4
2 United States v. Philip Fiore, Also Known as Pete, and Louis J. Bombacino, Also Known as John Lordo, Also Known as Louie
ca7 · 1999
green “sentencing courts must look beyond formalistic expressions of culpability and determine whether the defendant has manifested an acceptance of responsibility for his offense in a moral sense.” 4
3 United States v. Carmella Dawson
ca7 · 2001
green “were dawson's co-schemers to pay rush hospital any amounts in restitution, we expect that the government would notify dawson of that occurrence so that she could properly file a request for modification of restitution” 4
4 United States v. Kevin P. Sensmeier and Neil E. Sensmeier
ca7 · 2004
green “the economic circumstances of a defendant cannot be considered by the court when fixing the amount of the 24 nos. 19-1734 19-1745 restitution.” 4
5 Robers v. United States
scotus · 2014
green “and the government has conceded that the statute (whether through these or other provisions) provides room for credits against an offender's restitution obligation to prevent double recovery to the victim.” 4
6 Robers v. United States
scotus · 2014
green “in such cases, i would place on the defendant the burden to show-with evidence specific to the market at issue-that a victim delayed unreasonably in selling collateral, manifesting a choice to hold the collateral.” 4
7 United States v. Terry Smith
ca7 · 2017
green “defendant's grudging and incomplete admission, accompanied by an excuse to minimize his own culpability, does not indicate an acceptance nos. 19-1734 19-1745 15 of responsibility.” 4

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