United States v. Maisonet

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE: SENTENCING

GERTNER, District Judge.

Harold Maisonet (“Maisonet”) is charged in Counts One and Two of the Indictment with conspiracy to distribute in excess of five kilograms of cocaine under 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) and 846. He pled guilty on March 14, 2007, agreeing that he participated in a conspiracy of that scope, but denying his responsibility for over five kilograms. (There was no plea agreement.) 1 Codefendant, Uriel Melendez (“Melendez”) was charged with the same offense.

The parties presented diametrically opposed views of the defendant and his role in the offense.…