Legal Opinion
United States v. Richard Ocasio-Rivera
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 1, 1993No. 92-2100PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This is another in the seemingly endless line of criminal appeals marching stolidly to the beat of the federal sentencing guidelines. Finding appellant’s lamentations to be without merit, we affirm the sentence imposed below.
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Background
In February 1992, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a five-count indictment against a cluster of defendants. Appellant Richard Ocasio-Rivera was named in three of the five counts. On May 5, 1992, Ocasio-Rivera pled guilty to count 4 — a count charging that, “[f]rom on or about January 11, 1992 and continuing…
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