Legal Opinion
United States v. Feliz
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 27, 2006No. 05-1383PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge.
William Feliz was convicted of conspiring to possess and distribute heroin and was sentenced to a prison term of 97 months’ duration. He now challenges the district court’s decision not to reduce his sentence under the safety-valve provision of the Sentencing Reform Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f) (2000), and contends that the district court misunderstood the Supreme Court’s then-recent decision in United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). We affirm the sentence imposed by the district court in all challenged respects.
In November 2001,…
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