Legal Opinion
United States v. Armando Jimenez-Rivera, United States of America v. Jose Francisco Rivera-Lopez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 24, 1988No. 87-1594, 87-1595PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAFFREY, Senior District Judge.
In April, 1987, the defendant-appellant Jimenez Rivera pled guilty in federal district court to aiding and abetting arson that resulted in death. Defendant-appellant Rivera Lopez pled guilty to procuring commission of arson that resulted in death. The district court sentenced Rivera Lopez to 99 years imprisonment, and sentenced Jimenez Rivera to 75 years. Both defendants now appeal these sentences.
I. Background
On December 31, 1986, the appellants and a third codefendant started a fire in the ballroom of the Dupont Plaza Hotel in Santurce, Puerto Rico. At the…
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