Legal Opinion
United States v. Padilla-Galarza
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 12, 2003No. 02-1205PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
Jose Padilla-Galarza pled guilty in the district court in Puerto Rico to a drug trafficking crime pursuant to a plea agreement. After the plea but before sentence, Padilla sought unsuccessfully to withdraw his plea. On this appeal, he challenges the decision rejecting his motion to withdraw; he also contests the lawfulness of a sentencing condition imposed by the district court.
Padilla, a former police officer, was indicted in 1999 for conspiring to possess cocaine with intent to distribute (count I) and for aiding and abetting the other members of the conspiracy to…
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