Legal Opinion
United States v. Cruzado-Laureano
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 14, 2006No. 05-1822PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge.
In 2002, a jury convicted Juan Manuel Cruzado-Laureano, the former mayor of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, on a broad slate of corruption-related charges. Through a variety of schemes, Cruzado extorted funds from government contractors and embezzled funds that belonged in the city coffers. Although we sustained his convictions in an earlier appeal, we vacated his sentence because it was imposed under the wrong version of the United States Sentencing Guidelines. After resentencing, Cruzado is back before us in this appeal, contesting the applicability of particular…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- United States v. Ilario M.A. ZanninoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Cruzado-LaureanoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
- United States v. Sharron BynumCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- United States v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
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3Cited by26 opinions
- United States v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
- United States v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
- United States v. KeckCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2011
- United States v. Cruzado-LaureanoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2008
- United States v. BlackmonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2009
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