Legal Opinion
United States v. Vivian Cacho
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 21, 1992No. 90-5585PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:
The sole question in this appeal is whether the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida erroneously refused to make downward adjustments in the petitioner’s sentence, following her guilty plea to conspiracy to import cocaine, to reflect (1) her allegedly minor role in the conspiracy and (2) her four young children. We hold that the district court properly refused to make those downward adjustments, and therefore affirm.
I
Upon their arrival at Miami International Airport from Haiti, the appellant Cacho and three other women with whom she…
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