Legal Opinion
United States v. Reynaldo Jeremias Ortiz
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 14, 1998No. 97-1670PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.
Defendant Reynaldo Jeremías Ortiz (“Ortiz”) appeals his four-count conviction for the illegal possession of narcotics and a firearm which were seized from his residence in Gua-yama, Puerto Rico while police executed a warrant for his arrest. Ortiz was sentenced to 240 months of imprisonment and 10 years of supervised release for the first two counts and 60 months of concurrent imprisonment and 3 years of concurrent supervised release for the remaining counts.
Ortiz claims that the district court committed two errors. First, he argues that his lawyer provided ineffective…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Harmelin v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Chapman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- United States v. Efraim Natanel A/K/A Efriam NatanelCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
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