Legal Opinion
United States v. Ramon Caicedo
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 7, 1997No. 95-20514PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAZEN, District Judge:
Appellant Ramon Caieedo was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. His sole complaint on appeal is that the district court erred in increasing his offense level under § 2D1.1(b)(1) of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (“USSG”) for possession of a firearm.
I
On August 18, 1994, Ramon Caieedo participated in cutting and repackaging twenty-five kilograms of cocaine at the residence of a confidential informant in Houston, Texas. Several persons met there for the purpose of converting twenty-five kilos of cocaine to a larger amount. Caieedo, who had studied…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- United States v. Miguel Vaquero, A/K/A Michael or Mike Vacuero or Vaccaro, Clarence Taylor, Jr., and Herman J. Mouton, Jr., United States of America v. Clarence Taylor, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
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