Legal Opinion

United States v. Cruz Santiago

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided December 22, 1993No. 92-1900, 92-1917PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BREYER, Chief Judge.

Appellants Arce Ramos and Cruz Santiago, convicted bank robbers, raise one question in respect to their sentencing. They say that the sentencing court should not have counted, as a robbery-related “loss” for sentencing purposes, the value of a car, a Nissan Sentra, that the robbers seized at gunpoint outside the bank and drove from the scene of the crime to a second getaway car. We think the district court was correct to include the value of the car in calculating the loss, and we therefore affirm.

The appellants concede the basic facts. Arce Ramos,- along with two other…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. United States v. Ruben Ortiz, A/K/A Ruben Ortiz De Jesus, United States of America v. Felix Nunez, A/K/A Felix Nunez MolinaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
  3. United States v. Eric Parker, Gary Phillips, and Keith MoonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
  4. United States v. James Marshall Shackelford (84-5995), Douglas McArthur Brooks (84-5998)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
  5. United States v. Samuel J. Concemi, United States of America v. Walter RibeckCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992

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3Cited by26 opinions

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  3. United States v. Chad AustinCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
  4. United States v. WalkerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
  5. United States v. John Allen JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005

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