Legal Opinion
United States v. Roman-Huertas
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 9, 2017No. 15-2109PPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Julio Román-Huertas (“Román”) pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a-firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). His plea agreement recommended a total offense level under the United States Sentencing Guidelines (the “Guidelines”) of seventeen. At his sentencing hearing, Román objected to the total offense level of seventeen, arguing that it should instead be twelve because his prior felony was not “a controlled substance offense” under the Guidelines. Relying on an untranslated Spanish document, the' district court ruled that his total…
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