Legal Opinion
United States v. Pedro Ortiz
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 31, 1997No. 700, Docket 96-1827PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Per curiam
Pedro Ortiz appeals from a sentence of, inter alia, 120 months imprisonment, imposed by Judge Glasser after Ortiz pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine, and cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(A) and 846. Ortiz argues that the district court erred in refusing to apply the so-called “safety valve” provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f) and U.S.S.G. § 5C1.2, which would have allowed him to be sentenced under the Sentencing Guidelines and below the minimum sentence fixed by statute. We disagree and affirm.. On May 13, 1996,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. William Henry MyersCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1997
- United States v. George Woodrow FlanaganCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- United States v. Pedro RamirezCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- United States v. Sidney Wayne IvesterCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
- United States v. CruzCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by32 opinions
- United States v. Kenyatta Brack, Patrick Henderson, Willie Tyler, Nicholas Martinez, Maurita Stovall, and Dana RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- United States v. Angel TangCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- United States v. Gama-BastidasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- United States v. Robert Schreiber, Michael Franks, Brent Gilpin, and Susan Scainetti, John BiancoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
- United States v. Arunas MilkintasCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2006
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