Legal Opinion
United States v. Lopez-Pineda
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 6, 1995No. 94-1967PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Circuit Judge.
After Jose R. Lopez Pineda (“Lopez”) was convicted and sentenced on one count of possessing cocaine with intent to distribute, see 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), he initiated the instant appeal seeking to set aside his guilty plea based on defects in the change-of-plea colloquy conducted by the district court. We affirm the judgment of conviction and sentence.
I
BACKGROUND
On February 25,1994, Lopez, a crew member aboard the M/V Meridian, attempted to import into Puerto Rico approximately one kilogram of cocaine, and a quantity of Rohyp-nol, a drug not approved by the Food and Drug…
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