Legal Opinion
United States v. Edgardo Resto
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 3, 1996No. 1628, Docket 94-1678PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVAL, Circuit Judge:
Edgardo Resto appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Raggi, J.), convicting him, after a plea of guilty, of possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute it, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a). Resto was sentenced primarily to sixty months in prison and five years supervised release. He appeals his sentence, arguing that the district court erred by: (1) failing to enforce a cooperation agreement that he had entered into with the government, pursuant to which — after providing substantial assistance — he was to…
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