United States v. Morales

BAILEY ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

In October 1990 defendant Ana Ivette Morales was arrested in Puerto Rico, with others, importing drugs. She was sentenced on a guilty plea, and engaged to some extent in cooperating with the government. In 1994 one of her associates was indicted and her substantial cooperation, pursuant to a supplemental plea agreement, resulted in his conviction. The court rejected, however, the government’s motion for the reduction of her sentence therefor under Fed.R.Crim.P. 35(b), holding that it was without jurisdiction 1 to grant the requested relief because this…