Legal Opinion
United States v. Edward Velazquez, Joseph Bergen, and Patrick Regnier
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 12, 2001No. Docket 00-1386(L), 00-1407(CON) and 00-1425(CON)PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal by three prison guards convicted of civil rights violations concerns an outrageous episode in which two of the guards severely beat a prisoner, causing his death, and a third guard participated in a cover-up of the beating. The principal issue is whether the “underlying offense,” U.S.S.G. § 2Hl.l(a)(l), for purposes of sentencing the two guards who committed the fatal assault was voluntary manslaughter, as found by the District Court; involuntary manslaughter, as urged by the Appellants; or second-degree murder, as suggested by the Government. That…
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