Legal Opinion
United States v. Montañez-Quiñones
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 21, 2018No. 17-1577PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Ricardo Montañez-Quiñones seeks to set aside his 109-month sentence for possession of child pornography. In support, he both reproves the government for allegedly violating the plea agreement through its overzealous advocacy at sentencing and reproves the district court for enhancing his offense level through an allegedly erroneous finding that he knowingly distributed child pornography. Concluding, as we do, that neither claim of error withstands scrutiny, we affirm the challenged sentence.
I. BACKGROUND
We briefly rehearse the facts and travel of the…
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