Legal Opinion
United States v. Lozoya
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 28, 2010No. 09-3870, 10-1025PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
Octavio Lozoya, Jr., and Eduardo Galarza-Payan pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter for their roles in the death of Rigoberto Lopez-Alvaredo. The district court 1 sentenced each defendant to the statutory maximum of 180 months imprisonment. Lozoya and Galarza-Payan appeal, contending the sentences imposed were substantively unreasonable. We affirm.
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On June 19, 2007, Lozoya and Galarza-Payan were inmates at the Federal Correctional Complex in Forrest City, Arkansas, when another inmate, Lopez-Alvaredo, arrived as a transfer from another federal prison. Shortly after…
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