Legal Opinion
United States v. Jaca-Nazario
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 27, 2008No. 05-2114, 06-2157PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
Carlos Jaca Nazario (“Jaca”) pled guilty to conspiring to transport cocaine in two separate criminal cases. He was sentenced by a different judge for each plea. He makes a variety of claims on appeal, some directed at one sentence, some at the other, and some at both. Because we find that the district court erred in its determination of whether the conduct underlying each case was, in the parlance of the federal sentencing guidelines, “relevant conduct” as to the sentencing of the other, we vacate both sentences and remand for re-sentencing.
Jaca pled guilty in both…
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