Legal Opinion
United States v. Los Santos
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 5, 2002No. Nos. 01-1058, 01-1068PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Senior Circuit Judge.
In this case we are asked to decide whether the district court appropriately departed from the Sentencing Guidelines to account for a criminal defendant’s loss of opportunity to serve concurrent sen*425tences for both his federal and state crimes due to the government’s delay in instituting prosecution.
BACKGROUND
In 1991, Juan Francisco Los Santos, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, illegally entered the United States. Within four years of his illicit arrival here, he was convicted in a New York State court of three felony narcotics charges and one count of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Koon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- United States v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- United States v. Miguel Sanchez-RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
- United States v. Santos Hernan Rivera-VenturaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- United States v. Santana-CastellanoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, — v. DANIEL BARRERA-SAUCEDO, —Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
- United States v. Los SantosCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- United States v. SantosDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2005
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