Legal Opinion

United States v. Victor Sandoval Cavazos

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 15, 1976No. 75--4066PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DYER, Circuit Judge:

Cavazos complains of the sentence imposed upon him based upon irrelevant extraneous hearsay data. We vacate and remand for resentencing.

Cavazos pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute approximately 10 ounces of heroin in violation of 21 U.S. C.A. § 841(a)(1). At the time of sentence the court was informed that Cava-zos had never before been involved in criminal activity and had no prior record. In response the court drew a hypothetical situation of a bank robber who inferentially had robbed banks before, but who was apprehended for the first time when “he blows…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. United States v. Eliseo Espinoza, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  4. United States v. Lawrence D. Hartford, AKA 'Larry,' United States of America v. Dale Bowdoin, United States of America v. Mike NewtonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  5. United States v. Charles BakerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Fielding v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1986
  2. United States v. James Morrow Roper, Christian Matthew Newton, John Jackson Miller TruxellCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
  3. United States v. Wendy Jean Wardlaw, Etc., United States of America v. Beverly Deanne Randell, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
  4. United States v. John Chizoba AdiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
  5. United States v. Robert Lyle Lamp, Jr., Michael J. Yuretich and Mark Alan EberwineCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986

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