Legal Opinion
United States v. Jorge Guevara, AKA "Santa,"
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 18, 2001No. Docket 00-1133PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, Circuit Judge.
Jorge Guevara appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Martin, J.) after a jury trial. Guevara challenges his conviction on the following grounds: (1) under Apprendi v. New Jersey, 580 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), his due process and Sixth Amendment rights were violated when he was sentenced to a mandatory minimum 240 month term of imprisonment under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) on the basis of a judge’s preponderance finding that more than one kilogram of…
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