Opinion ID: 734535
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Latimer

Text: 25 Testifying at his sentencing hearing, Latimer denied any participation in a crack conspiracy with Jerry Warren, although he admitted buying crack for others as a favor and selling small amounts of crack to Damron. The district court did not find his testimony credible. Because Latimer did not admit the full extent of his involvement, the court denied him an adjustment for acceptance of responsibility under USSG § 3E1.1. The court also granted the government's request for an obstruction of justice adjustment based on Latimer's untruthful testimony at sentencing. USSG § 3C1.1, comment. (n.3(b), (h)). 26 The court's decision does not constitute double counting, as Latimer argues here, even though both findings were based on the same conduct. The denial of a reduction for acceptance of responsibility is not a penalty. United States v. Frazier, 971 F.2d 1076, 1083-87 (4th Cir.1992), cert. denied, 506 U.S. 1071 (1993). Moreover, the structure of the guidelines frequently permits the application of several sections to the same conduct. See United States v. Curtis, 934 F.2d 553, 556 (4th Cir.1991). Finally, the commentary to USSG § 3E1.1 provides that an adjustment for acceptance of responsibility generally will not be available to a defendant who has received an enhancement for obstruction of justice. 27 Latimer also challenges the district court's finding that he was responsible for the entire 53 ounces of crack which Jerry Warren obtained during the life of the conspiracy. First, he suggests that he left the conspiracy at some point and argues that the court failed to make a finding on the duration of his involvement. In fact, the evidence was that Latimer was involved through the summer of 1995; there was no evidence that he withdrew from the conspiracy. Second, he argues that the whole 53 ounces was not reasonably foreseeable to him. In a jointly undertaken criminal activity, a defendant is responsible for reasonably foreseeable acts of others in furtherance of the activity. USSG § 1B1.3(a)(1). The court found that Latimer was Jerry Warren's chief courier, bringing into Williamson a good part of the crack Jerry Warren sold. Latimer also sold crack during the time that Durand Warren was supplying crack to Jerry Warren; consequently, the court did not clearly err in finding that the whole 53 ounces was reasonably foreseeable to him. 28 Last, Latimer contends that the court should have found him more credible than the government witnesses whose testimony conflicted with his. The credibility of witnesses is a decision for the factfinder and is not reviewable on appeal. United States v. Saunders, 886 F.2d 56, 60 (4th Cir.1989). 29 Accordingly, Ford's appeal is dismissed. The remaining Appellants' sentences are affirmed. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. 30 No. 96-4393--DISMISSED. 31 Nos. 96-4419/27/28/55/56--AFFIRMED.