Legal Opinion
United States v. Zapata-Vazquez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 2, 2015No. 13-2170PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Giovanny Zapata-Vázquez (“Zapata”) appeals the district court’s imposition of an above-Guidelines prison sentence of 72 months after he pleaded guilty to one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A). Finding no error, we affirm.
I. Background
Because this appeal follows a guilty plea, we derive the facts from the plea agreement, the change-of-plea colloquy, the unchallenged portions of the presentence investigation report, and the sentencing hearing transcript. United States v.…
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