Legal Opinion

United States v. Garcia-Ortiz

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided July 6, 2015No. 13-1632PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

His third time before us, Defendant Appellant José García-Ortiz (“García”) asks us to vacate his 2004 robbery conviction, arguing that the government did not present enough evidence at his jury trial to sustain it. He also argues that the district judge erred at his sentencing by failing to consider certain of his mitigating arguments, by ordering his sentences be served consecutively instead of concurrently, and by improperly imposing $60,000 in restitution.

Seeing error only in the district court’s restitution order, we affirm Garcia’s conviction, and vacate and…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. United States v. Ilario M.A. ZanninoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
  2. Whalen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Rosemond v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2014
  4. United States v. MartinCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2008
  5. United States v. Richard Harmon BellCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. United States v. Garcia-OrtizCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2018
  2. United States v. CoombsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2017
  3. United States v. Reyes-RiveraCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2016
  4. United States v. ApodacaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2017
  5. United States v. Manso-CepedaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2016

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