Legal Opinion
Castro v. United States
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 9, 2017No. Cr. No. 11-0170-MLWPublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Mark L. Wolf, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE ■
I. INTRODUCTION
On February 14, 2012, petitioner Sandro Castro pled guilty to distributing at least five grams of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school, in violation of" 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 860. He was subsequently sentenced to 46 months in custody and eight years of Supervised Release. The evidence against Castro included two drug certifications by chemist Annie Dookhan stating that substances purchased from Castro by a cooperating witness tested positive for cocaine 'base. After his sentencing, it was discovered that…
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