Legal Opinion
United States v. Roberto Sandoval-Velazco
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 3, 2013No. 12-3878PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Roberto Sandoval-Velazco appeals the district court’s denial of a mitigating role reduction as well as the district court’s application of post-Booker sentencing. Sandoval-Velazco argued at sentencing that his role as a courier should entitle him to a minor role reduction. The district court found that he had considerable contact with large amounts of narcotics and denied the reduction. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
I. Background
As early as 2009, Sandoval-Velazco, together with co-defendants Antonio Mendoza and Manuel Chavez, coordinated the distribution of…
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