Legal Opinion
United States v. Colon-Solis
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 8, 2004No. 01-1773PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Miguel H. Colón-Solís (Colón) appeals from a sentence imposed after a guilty plea to a single count of conspiring to distribute a controlled substance (cocaine). See 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846. -The appellant’s principal argument is that the district court erred in imposing a ten-year mandatory minimum sentence, id. § 841(b)(1)(A), without making a specific finding that he— rather than the charged conspiracy — was accountable for a particular quantity of drugs.
This argument presents a question of first impression in this circuit. We phrase the…
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