Mora-Perez
United States v. Mora-Perez
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM *
We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.
A. Mora-Perez’s Confession
We reject Mora-Perez’s argument that the Government was required to corroborate his confession in order to use it at sentencing. “The procedural safeguards and evidentiary limitations afforded defendants in criminal trials are not required at sentencings.” 2 Moreover, the commentary to § 6A1.3 of the sentencing guidelines states that “[a]ny information may be considered, so long as it has sufficient indicia of reliability.”
Mora-Perez offers no evidence that shows his confession does not bear sufficient indicia of reliability, nor did he do so at the district court. The facts contained within his confession, as present *719 ed in the Government’s investigative report, were included in the presentence report. However, Mora-Perez never even alleged that those facts were untrue or misleading. The investigative report is well-detailed, and on its face, there is no reason to doubt its accuracy. Because Mora-Perez failed to meet his burden of showing unreliability, 4 the district court did not abuse its discretion in finding that his confession bore sufficient indicia of…