United States v. Frank Mercado

SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Frank Mercado appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Casey, J.), following his guilty plea and conviction, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and for possession with intent to distribute heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 812, 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C). Mercado pled guilty on September 9, 2002, and was sentenced in January 2003 to concurrent terms of imprisonment of 120 months on the firearm conviction and 151 months on the drug conviction,…