Legal Opinion
United States v. Geraldo Rodriguez, A/K/A Jose Rodriguez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 28, 1995No. 94-1858PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Geraldo Rodriguez seeks to set aside his conviction for conspiracy to distribute heroin, contending that he was not brought to trial within the 70 days prescribed by the Speedy Trial Act (“STA”), 18 U.S.C. §§ 3161 ei seq., and that two evidentiary rulings at trial were in error. Rodriguez also appeals his sentence, contending that the district court engaged in impermissible “double counting” when it departed upward based on the purity of the heroin he was convicted of conspiring to distribute while simultaneously enhancing his sentence for his leadership role. The…
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