Huber
Huber v. U.S. Parole Commission
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
After being convicted of murder and sentenced to 330 months imprisonment by a Mexican tribunal, Rosemary Huber was transferred to the United States pursuant to the Treaty on the Execution of Penal Sentences, U.S.-Mex., Nov. 25, 1976, 28 U.S.T. 7399 (available at 1977 WL 181724 ), and sentenced to 276 months imprisonment by the United States Parole Commission (“the Commission”). See 18 U.S.C. § 4106A(b). Huber argues that the Commission erred by failing to award a third-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility under U.S.S.G. § 3El.l(b). She asserts that the Commission (1) erroneously found that she recanted her confession at trial (as opposed to on appeal) and (2) incorrectly applied the standard enumerated in its internal procedural manual for treaty transfer cases.
The Commission did not clearly err in concluding that Huber recanted her confession at trial. The transcripts from the Mexican appellate court are the only evidence in the record on this point and are entirely ambiguous. We refuse to second-guess the Commissioris factual findings where there is not clear evidence to the contrary.