Legal Opinion
United States v. Rivera Maldonado
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 20, 1999No. 98-1742PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.
Ivette Rivera-Maldonado appeals the life sentence imposed upon her for conspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana, and aiding and abetting the use of minors in distributing controlled substances, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). We remand for resentencing.
I
BACKGROUND
During a five and one-half month period in early 1995, an investigation into suspected drug distribution was conducted within the Los Laureles Housing Project (“project”) in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, by the Special Investigations Bureau of the Puer-to Rico Department of Justice and the United States…
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