Legal Opinion
United States v. Gonzalez Vazquez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 8, 1994No. 93-2042PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This criminal appeal requires that we ascertain whether the district court erred either in denying appellant’s motion to retract his guilty plea or in adding a two-level weapons enhancement when calculating the guideline sentencing range (GSR). Detecting no error, we affirm.
I
The Background
On March 26, 1993, defendant-appellant Jorge Gonzalez-Vazquez (Gonzalez) pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import heroin, and conspiracy to possess heroin with the intent to distribute it. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 963, 846, 952(a), and 841(a)(1). The charges grew out of a sophisticated scheme or…
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