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1 THE COURT: Has anyone threatened you, coerced

2 you in any way, forced you to reject it?

3 DEFENDANT SANDERS: No.

4 THE COURT: Has anyone promised you anything so

5 you will reject it?

6 DEFENDANT SANDERS: No.

7 THE COURT: Is the decision to reject the offer

8 your decision and your decision alone after you've had an

9 adequate opportunity to speak with your attorney

10 Mr. McCarty?

11 DEFENDANT SANDERS: Yes.

12 THE COURT: Okay.

13 MR. PENNEY: In all honesty, your Honor, when

14 Mr. McCarty and I spoke this past weekend, I put him on

15 notice that I think there are going to be substantial and

16 compelling reasons to depart from the guidelines in this

17 case. I intend to fully explore those and we will be

18 seeking a prison sentence upon a successful completion on

19 this.

20 That's putting the cart awfully far in front of

21 the horse here. I just want to make sure that I am not

22 hiding any cards here and that all of that information is

23 out there.

24 The other concern that I have, we were just

25 speaking about some potential defense witnesses. There

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