Legal Opinion
United States v. Vega-Santiago
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 21, 2008No. 06-1558PublishedCited by 165 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION EN BANC
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
Manuel Vega-Santiago appealed from his conviction on one count of armed carjacking, 18 U.S.C. § 2119(1) (2000), and two counts of related weapons offenses, id. §§ 924(c)(1)(A), 922(k), asserting various trial errors. He also appealed from his prison sentence of 240 months, which represented an upward variance from the sentencing guidelines range of 177 to 191 months that would otherwise have applied to him.
A panel of this court affirmed Vega’s conviction and sentence, remanding only to correct a discrepancy between the written and oral judgments. United…
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