Legal Opinion
United States v. Vixamar
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 11, 2012No. 11-1217, 11-1251PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
Overview
Imartha Vixamar and Mary Saintfleur think the district judge got it all wrong when he revoked their probation and re-sentenced them to prison terms above the ranges recommended by the Sentencing Commission. 1 We think the opposite and affirm.
Probation
Back in June 2009, Vixamar and Saintfleur pled guilty to two counts each of passport fraud. See 18 U.S.C. § 1542. According to their testimony at the sentencing hearing held a little later, this is how that crime went down: Following Vixamar’s lead, Saintfleur applied for a new passport sometime in 2007, falsely…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Irizarry v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- United States v. MartinCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2008
- United States v. ClogstonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2011
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3Cited by16 opinions
- United States v. MarinoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2016
- United States v. Acosta-ColónCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2013
- United States v. EdwardsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2017
- United States v. Aponte-VellónCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2014
- United States v. MulkernCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2017
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