Legal Opinion
United States v. Jean Alvarado
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 7, 2016No. 14-4338PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge HARRIS joined. Senior Judge DAVIS wrote a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
A jury convicted Jean Paul Alvarado of knowingly and intentionally - distributing heroin to Eric Thomas on March 29, 2011, with Thomas’ death resulting from the use of the heroin so distributed, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C). The district court sentenced Alvarado to the mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment.
On appeal, Alvarado contends that the…
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