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Parties Involved:
Keith A. Rockwell
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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FILED 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

United St.aw Court et Appeals T~rtth Cil•t-1,:• 

MAR 2 21989 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, 

v . 

KEITH A. ROCKWELL, 

Defendant-Appellant. 

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ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

) No. 89-1012 

) (D.C. No. 88-CR-93) 

) (D. Colo.) 

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before MOORE, ANDERSON, and TACHA, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The cause is therefore ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

On February 22, 1989, this matter was partially remanded to 

the district court. We now have the district court's statement of 

reasons for denying defendant-appellant's motion for release 

pending appeal. The district court's analysis is sound. 

From the record available, it plainly appears that the 

magistrate intended to impose a sentence of incarceration, but 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall 

not be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, 

except for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of 

the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

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deferred definitive sentencing in order to give defendant fair 

opportunity to file income tax returns for six past years and, in 

addition, to truthfully disclose certain financial information to 

the Internal Revenue Service. This was done for the express 

purpose of determining whether a way could be found "to sentence 

in this case that won't require [defendant] to spend a year in 

jail." So far as can be determined from the record, defendant did 

not object to either the purpose or method stated by the 

magistrate. At the conclusion of the time allowed for compliance, 

the magistrate determined that defendant had failed to cooperate 

as required and had been less than candid in his disclosures. 

Sentencing decisions may properly rest on many factors 

including a defendant's cooperation with authorities or lack of 

it. Roberts v. United States, 445 U.S. 552 (1980); United States 

v. Ruminer, 786 F.2d 381, 384 (10th Cir. 1986); United States v. 

Gigax, 605 F.2d 507, 513-14 (10th Cir. 1979); United States v. 

Marines, 535 F.2d 552, 554 (10th Cir. 1976). 

Defendant's appellate claim that he did cooperate as required 

is severely compromised by the magistrate's determination that 

defendant was less than candid. Under the circumstances, we 

conclude that there was no abuse of the sentencing process. 

Defendant's final claim, that he was imprisoned for failure 

to pay tax, is spurious and completely without foundation. 

Accordingly, the judgment of the United States District Court 

for the District of Colorado is AFFIRMED. 

The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

PER CURIAM 

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