Legal Opinion
United States v. Hector Gonzalez
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 9, 1991No. 338, Docket 90-1283PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
Hector Gonzalez appeals from a February 9, 1990 judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Ward, J.) following a jury trial that convicted him of tampering with — in this case murdering — an informant in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1512(a)(1)(C) and 1111 (1988). Gonzalez also appeals from an April 29, 1990 order which, as a result of the tampering conviction, sentenced him to life imprisonment without parole. On this appeal we are asked for the first time to determine whether such sentence imposed on the 21-year-old appellant is…
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