Legal Opinion
United States v. Laetividal-GonzaLez
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 27, 1991No. Nos. 89-3499, 89-3546, 89-3565, 89-3574 and 90-3235PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENGEL, Senior Circuit Judge:
The five appellants in this case were convicted or pled guilty to criminal conspiracy charges arising from their participation in a cocaine importation scheme from April through August, 1987. They raise several challenges to their convictions and sentences in this direct appeal, while defendant Ocampo’s appeal of his conviction has been combined with his appeal of the denial of his Motion to Vacate Sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. We find that the sentences of all five appellants were improperly calculated, and remand their cases for resen-tencing as discussed…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Hoffa v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by29 opinions
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