Legal Opinion
United States v. Perez-Ruiz
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 26, 2005No. 04-1853PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
Julio Perez-Ruiz (“Perez”) was indicted in June 2000 for conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine and cocaine base and in July 2001 was convicted after a jury trial. Because of evidence at trial that Perez had participated in the murder of a dealer who had broken with the ring, the district court found that the maximum sentence under the Sentencing Guidelines was life imprisonment and imposed this sentence upon Perez, who appealed both from his conviction and the sentence. On appeal, this court affirmed the conviction but remanded for re-sentencing. United States v.…
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