Legal Opinion
United States v. Nieves-Borrero
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 1, 2017No. 15-2154PPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to review Miguel Nieves-Borrero’s challenge to the ,70-month prison sentence that he received after he pled guilty in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, pursuant to a plea agreement, to aiding and abetting a convicted felon in the possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2), and 2. We affirm the sentence.
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In March of 2015, Nieves entered into a plea agreement with the government. In that agreement, the parties calculated that Nieves’ base offense level under the United States Sentencing…
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