Can a defendant's continued criminal conduct be considered evidence of a lack of remorse for the crime of sexual assault?
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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Jordan, 48 F.3d 1229 (9th Cir. 1995):
The district court may consider a defendant's continued criminal conduct as evidence of a lack of remorse for the offense of conviction, in spite of the defendant's statements to the contrary. United States v. Cooper, 912 F.2d 344, 348 (9th Cir.1990). The defendant's subsequent commission of a similar crime "detracts from the credibility of her expressions of remorse ..." for the crimes of which she was convicted. Id. at 347.
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