Legal Opinion
United States v. Pedro Gomez, Fernando Magana, and Rigoberto Vela
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 16, 1994No. 92-3960, 92-3995, 93-1534 and 93-1567PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Pedro Gomez, Fernando Magana, and Rigoberto Vela were convicted of distributing cocaine. The only issues on appeal concern their sentences.
1. Vela pleaded not guilty and went to trial. The jury found him guilty. At sentencing, Vela asked the judge to reduce his offense level on account of acceptance of responsibility. U.S.S.G. § 3E1.1.
Unsurprisingly, the judge said no, because this reduction is designed as a reward for a guilty plea, which saves the judicial system the burden of trial, or for some equivalently concrete act, such as pretrial payment of full…
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