Sustache-Rivera v. United States

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

In March 1993, a jury convicted David Sustache-Rivera (Sustache) of three separate carjackings in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2119. If a carjacking results in “serious bodily injury,” then the statute allows for a greater length of imprisonment. The judge found that one of the carjackings had resulted in serious bodily injury and so imposed a greater sentence. All told, Sustache was sentenced to thirty-seven years in prison for the crimes. 1 He was twenty years old at the time. His convictions were affirmed on appeal. See United States v. Rivera, 39 F.3d 1166 (1st Cir.1994)…