Legal Opinion
United States v. Jesus M. Quinones, A/K/A Jesus M. Quinones-Rodriguez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 8, 1994No. 93-1601PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires that we explicate the circumstances in which consecutive sentences may be appropriate under the sentencing guidelines and the methodology for imposing such sentences. 1 We then test the sentence imposed below in light of these emergent principles.
1. DERIVATION OF THE SENTENCE
In late 1992, a federal grand jury indicted defendant-appellant Jesus M. Quinones-Rod-riguez (Quinones) on one count of carjacking in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2119(1). The next month, the grand jury returned a separate indictment charging appellant with participating in a…
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