Legal Opinion
United States v. Isaac Rivera
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 9, 2004No. 02-3067PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
OBERDORFER, Senior District Judge.
Isaac Rivera appeals from his sentence after he pled guilty pursuant to a plea agreement with the United States. For the reasons stated below, we hold that the government breached that agreement and vacate the sentence. We then follow the well-established procedure of remanding to the district court for resentencing.
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From approximately June 2000 until on or about June 5, 2001, Rivera 1 led a drug trafficking conspiracy that imported kilogram-quantities of cocaine powder from his suppliers in Puerto Rico, converted some of that powder into…
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