Legal Opinion
United States v. Flete-Garcia
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 23, 2019No. 18-1067PPublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Having identified defendant-appellant Fulvio Flete-Garcia as the architect of a massive swindle, the government charged him with a litany of fraud-based crimes. Following four days of trial, Flete-Garcia threw in the towel and entered a straight guilty plea to all 48 counts of the indictment. Prior to sentencing, though, Flete-Garcia experienced buyer's remorse and attempted to withdraw his guilty plea. The district court denied this motion, as well as sentencing-related motions for discovery and for an evidentiary hearing. It then sentenced Flete-Garcia to 132 months'…
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