Legal Opinion
United States v. Flora Alicia Ocana
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 27, 2000No. 98-41133PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:
Flora Alicia Ocana appeals the sentence she received after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute approximately 90 kilograms of marihuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), and 841(b)(1)(c). Ocana challenges the district court’s enhancement of her sentence based on post-conviction conduct. This post-conviction conduct led to an increase in Ocana’s base level offense, and a sentence enhancement for role in the offense. We affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On April 19, 1997 Flora Alicia Ocana (“Ocana”) was arrested…
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