Legal Opinion
United States v. Fernandez-Garay
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 20, 2015No. 14-1367PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In this sentencing appeal, defendant-appellant Jean C. Fernández-Garay complains that his 120-month sentence is both procedurally and substantively flawed. Finding his complaints untenable, we affirm.
The events culminating in this appeal are embedded in a five-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury sitting in the District of Puerto Rico, which alleged that the defendant had possessed with intent to distribute various controlled substances near a public housing facility, see 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 860(a), and had possessed a firearm during and in relation to…
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