Legal Opinion
United States v. Mercado-Flores
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided June 4, 2015No. Crim. No. 14-466 (GAG)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
GUSTAVO A. GELPÍ, District Judge.
On July 17, 2013, a federal grand jury rendered a one-count indictment that charged Defendant Jorge Mercado-Flores with the transportation of a fourteen-year-*468old female minor within the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2423(a). (See Case No. 13-408(GAG) at Docket No. 16.) After extensive plea negotiations, Defendant and the Government entered into a plea agreement whereby Defendant agreed to plead guilty by way of an information to violating 18 U.S.C. § 2421, the…
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