Legal Opinion
United States v. Ruben Castellanos
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 21, 1999No. 98-2628PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Ruben Castellanos pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic in illegal documents relating to naturalization, citizenship or legal resident status. However, he now appeals the district court’s calculation of the number of documents attributable to him under § 2L2.1 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (“U.S.S.G.”). For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
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BACKGROUND
Ruben Castellanos conspired and worked together with two other men to produce and sell counterfeit identification documents. Before August 27, 1997, he rented a room from…
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