Legal Opinion

United States v. Ramos-Mejia

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided July 1, 2013No. 12-1738PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Domingo Ramos-Mejia asseverates that he did not understand the criminal intent required as an element of the crime to which he pleaded and that the district court accepted his guilty plea to that charge without an adequate factual basis. For these reasons, he urges us to vitiate his guilty plea. After careful consideration, we reject the appellant’s asseverational array.

The travel of the case is easily traced. A federal grand jury sitting in the District of Puerto Rico indicted the appellant on a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. United States v. DuarteCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
  2. United States v. Ruben Ortiz, A/K/A Ruben Ortiz De Jesus, United States of America v. Felix Nunez, A/K/A Felix Nunez MolinaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
  3. Ingram v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  4. United States v. DavilaSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  5. United States v. Marco A. EcheverriCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993

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3Cited by45 opinions

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  3. United States v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
  4. United States v. CaramadreCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
  5. United States v. Flete-GarciaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2019

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