Legal Opinion
United States v. Matos-Quinones
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 2, 2006No. 04-1992, 04-1993PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
Yamil Matos-Quiñones and Jorge Alberto Ortiz-Feliciano each pled guilty to one count of carjacking with intent to cause death or serious bodily harm, resulting in death. 18 U.S.C. § 2119(3). The victim was a sailor in the United States Navy, stationed in Puerto Rico. The district court sentenced both defendants to life imprisonment. The defendants now claim that the district court misunderstood and failed to explain the intent element of § 2119(3). They argue that, given a proper understanding of that intent element, the district court would not have found a rational…
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