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U.S. v. MERCEDES-MERCEDES

No. 87-2082.

851 F.2d 529 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Dania Dolores MERCEDES-MERCEDES, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 15, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raul Barrera Morales, Santurce, P.R., on brief for defendant, appellant.

Jose R. Gaztambide, Asst. U.S. Atty., and Daniel F. Lopez-Romo, U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., on brief for appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BOWNES and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

Defendant-appellant Dania Dolores Mercedes Mercedes ("Mercedes") appeals from a "special condition" of probation. We vacate and remand for a necessary modification.

Appellant Mercedes pleaded guilty to entering into a sham marriage in violation of the recently enacted Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments of 1986, 8 U.S.C. § 1325(b) (Supp. IV 1986). The maximum sentence for violating...

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