Bеssie Mae Evans, James Kemp, and Gregory Jackson entered pleas of guilty to various drug-related charges. The district court 1 sentenсed the defendants to terms of 50 months, 40 months, and 151 months respectively. On appeal, the defendants challenge the district court’s offensе level calculations. They contend that they are each entitled to a reduction in offense level for acceptаnce of responsibility. 2 We affirm.
*766 I. BACKGROUND
On May 11, 1993, security personnel at a Minneapolis hotel called police to report suspicious aсtivity in three hotel rooms, one of which was occupied by Gregory Jackson. While police officers were establishing surveillancе, they were notified that Jackson was checking out, even though his room was prepaid for another day. Officers then observed Jackson leaving the hotel with James Kemp. Kemp and Jackson got into a vehicle driven by Bessie Mae Evans.
Shortly after the defendants left thе hotel, police stopped their vehicle. Kemp was found with a pager and some cash. Jackson was carrying a bag which сontained 188.1 grams of cocaine base and 317.4 grams of cocaine. Evans, Kemp, and Jackson were arrested and charged in multi-count indictments.
The defendants ultimately pleaded guilty to reduced charges. 3 At sentencing, each defendant requested a reduction in offense level for acceptance of responsibility under U.S.S.G. § 3E1.1. The district court found that none of them had accepted responsibility within the meaning of that section and refused to grant the reductions. The defendants appeal.
II. DISCUSSION
Sentencing Guideline § 3E1.1 allows the district court to reduce the offense level of a defendant who “clearly demonstrates acceptance of responsibility for his offense.” Determining whether a defendant has accepted responsibility is a question of fact which depends largely on the district сourt’s credibility assessments.
United States v. Welna,
A. Bessie Mae Evans
The district court denied Evans’s rеquest for a three-level reduction in offense level for acceptance of responsibility. She now contends that the district сourt’s findings are not supported by the record. She points to the fact that the district court characterized her story as only “slightly in doubt.” In addition, she argues that the court erred in considering certain statements she made regarding Kemp’s pager.
The district court denied a reduction because it doubted the truth of Evans’s account of her role in the offense and concluded that Evans knew more about Jacksоn’s drug activities than she has admitted. Upon our review of the record, we find no clear error in the district court’s conclusion that Evans failed to demonstrate acceptance of personal responsibility. The record supports a finding that she has been less than truthful in her dealings with the authorities.
See United States v. Armstrong,
*767 B. James Kemp
The district court also refused to grant Kemp a reduction for acceptance of responsibility. The court found that Kemp was not entitled to a reduction because he failed to timely acknowledge past crimes committed under thе alias “Gary Dawson.” Kemp argues that acknowledgment of his criminal history is not relevant to determining whether he has accepted rеsponsibility for his most recent criminal conduct.
The district court referred to Kemp’s failure to timely acknowledge his criminal history as an аttempt to “deceive the probation office and the court.” It was proper for the district court to consider whether such сonduct is consistent with the acceptance of personal responsibility. Furthermore, even if Kemp had acknowledged his criminal history, the record contains ample evidence that he has failed to accept personal responsibility for his role in thе instant offense. The district court’s finding is not clearly erroneous.
C. Gregory Jackson
The district court denied Jackson’s request for a reduction based on substantial discrepancies between the information Jackson supplied to the probation officer and that contained in Jacksоn’s plea agreement. The court also noted that Jackson gave statements to the probation officer minimizing his role in the drug activities. On appeal, Jackson does not challenge the findings of the district court, but argues that his statements to the probation officer were misstatements made “out of fear and ignorance.” We find the district court’s denial of a reduction for acceptance of responsibility to be amply supported by the record.
III. CONCLUSION
We find no clear error in the district court’s denial of the defendants’ requests for acceptance of responsibility reductions. Accordingly, we affirm.
Notes
. The Honorable David S. Doty, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota.
. In her brief, Evans contends that the district court erred in using a 1985 conviction to calculate her criminal history points. She contends there was no proof that she was represented by counsel in the 1985 proceeding. At oral argument, however, Evans’s counsel correctly conceded that this argument is foreclosed by a Supreme Court decision handed down during the pendency of this appeal.
See Nichols v. United States
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. Evans pleaded guilty to "aiding and abetting in making [her] car available for the purpose of unlawfully storing a controlled substance” in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(2) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. Kemp pleaded guilty to "aiding and abetting the distribution of controlled substances” also in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(2) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. Jackson рleaded guilty to "aiding and abetting possession with the intent to distribute cocaine base and cocaine” in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2.
. A number of our recent cases state that a district court's decision concerning acceptance of responsibility should not be disturbed unless “it is without foundation.”
See, e.g., United States v. Hipolito-Sanchez,