Legal Opinion
United States v. Gomez-Rosario
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 12, 2005No. 03-2719PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
Following a jury trial, defendant Fernando Gómez-Rosario (“Gómez”) was acquitted of conspiring to import heroin, see 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a), 963, but convicted of conspiring to possess heroin, see 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846. The district court sub sequently sentenced the defendant under the mandatory guidelines to 121 months in prison and three years of supervised release. On appeal, Gómez asserts, inter alia, (1) that the district court 1 violated his Sixth Amendment rights by denying his request to proceed pro se, (2) that the court’s instructions to the jury…
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