Legal Opinion
United States v. Robles-Alvarez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 18, 2017No. 16-1222PPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Chief Judge.
Defendant-Appellant Delfín Robles-Alvarez appeals his convictions and sentence stemming from his participation in a large-scale cocaine trafficking conspiracy. We reject the appellant’s two claims of trial error, and therefore affirm his convictions. However, because the district court did not address the appellant’s potentially persuasive argument in favor of a sentence varying from the advisory guideline range, we vacate his sentence.
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According to the evidence presented at trial, the appellant became involved in drug trafficking through his cousin Orlando Robles-Ortiz.…
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