Legal Opinion

United States v. Romero-Galindez

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided April 3, 2015No. 13-2205PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

Following a guilty plea on a weapons charge, Angel Romero-Galindez, who many years earlier had four times over been convicted of murder, was sentenced as an armed career criminal to twenty years imprisonment. Claiming an assortment of errors permeated the proceedings below, Romero-Galindez appeals, asking this court to vacate his guilty plea and sentence. Having carefully considered the matter, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

Since 1997, Romero-Galindez, who was convicted of committing four murders between the ages of sixteen and seventeen, had been serving time in the Puerto Rico…

2Cases cited28 opinions

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  4. United States v. Dominguez BenitezSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
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3Cited by19 opinions

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