Legal Opinion
United States v. Oscar Orlando Rivas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 30, 1996No. 95-20294PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
Oscar Orlando Rivas appeals his conviction after a plea of guilty for using or carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking offense and his sentence for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. In our view, the principal issue presented on this appeal is Rivas’s attack on the sufficiency of the factual basis for his guilty plea. Because we conclude that the factual basis was sufficient and, additionally, that the district court did not err in sentencing Rivas, we affirm.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
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