Legal Opinion
United States v. Santo
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 15, 2000No. 99-1899PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Jose Santo pled guilty to drug conspiracy and other charges after being told — incorrectly, as it turned out — that he faced a statutory mandatory minimum sentence of only five years. Later, upon determining that San-to was responsible for more drugs than was initially contemplated, the district court sentenced him subject to the ten-year mandatory minimum applicable to the *94greater drug quantity. Santo contends that the court’s understatement of the mandatory minimum penalty rendered his guilty plea involuntary, as the error both violated an…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- United States v. Cecilio F. McDonaldCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
- United States v. Salvador PadillaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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