Legal Opinion
United States v. Muriel-Cruz
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 15, 2005No. 02-2075PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.
Alexander Muriel-Cruz contends that the district court failed to conduct a proper mental competency hearing prior to accepting his guilty plea to a drug conspiracy charge. See 18 U.S.C. § 4241(e). We affirm.
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BACKGROUND
In August 2000, Muriel-Cruz and eight codefendants were jointly indicted on a single count of conspiring to distribute cocaine. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846. Thereafter, in February 2001, the district court 1 ordered that Muriel-Cruz undergo a pretrial mental competency evaluation at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) in But-ner, North Carolina. See 18…
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