092988P.pdf   08/05/2010  United States  v.  Jose Alvarado
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-2988
                          and No:  09-3160
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville   
   [PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Colloton and Benton, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - criminal law and sentencing. District court did not err
   in determining that it was not necessary to proceed with the evidentiary
   portion of the hearing on defendant Alvarado's motion to withdraw his
   guilty plea as the court concluded that even if it accepted all of his
   allegations as true, they failed to provide grounds for withdrawing the
   plea; no error in imposing an enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 3C1.1
   for obstruction of justice based on Alvarado's denial of his previous
   sworn statements; no error in denying Alvarado safety-valve sentencing
   when he contradicted his sworn statements and thus failed to show that he
   provided complete and truthful disclosure; district court correctly
   calculated defendant Carillo's advisory guidelines range and his sentence
   was not unreasonable.