Legal Opinion
United States v. Jesse Angel Cevallos
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 8, 1978No. 77-5746PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
Following his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2, Cevallos was sentenced to an enhanced sentence of 25 years and a special parole term of 6 years.
Prior to entry of the plea the government had filed an information of a previous drug-related conviction. Cevallos did not appeal, but over one year later filed a motion to correct sentence pursuant to F.R.Cr.P. Rule 35, asserting that his sentence was illegal on the grounds it had not been imposed in compliance with 21 U.S.C. § 841. The motion was denied and he appealed to this…
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