United States v. Armando Martinez-Cortez

Alejandro Sigueiros-Lopez, a.k.a. Armando “Alex” Martinez-Cortez, appeals his sentence on the grounds that the Sentencing Commission violated its congressional mandate in formulating the Sentencing Guidelines and that the General Accounting Office study of the Guidelines’ potential impact was a sham. 1 We affirm.

I. PACTS

On September 6, 1989, appellant Armando Martinez-Cortez entered a plea of guilty to Count 4 of a superceding information charging possession of approximately 466.1 kilograms of cocaine with intent to distribute, and aiding and abetting, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)…