Legal Opinion
United States v. Moises Ponce
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 13, 2004No. 03-2426PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Moisés Ponce challenges the sentence he received after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. He contends that the district court should have found that he was eligible for the “safety valve” exception to the statutory minimum sentence of 120 months’ imprisonment. See 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f); U.S.S.G. § 5C1.2. We affirm his sentence.
Ponce admits that he was involved in the transfer of over 1,000 kilograms of marijuana from Laredo, Texas, to Cicero, Illinois, in November 2002. His job in the transfer was…
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