U.S. v. MACIAS-PEDROZA

Nos. CR 88-13 TUC RMB, CR 88-36 TUC ACM, CR 88-64 TUC RMB, CR 88-41 PHX RGS, CR 88-42 PHX RCB, CR 88-16 TUC RMB, CR 87-435 TUC RMB, CR 88-30 TUC RMB, CR 88-32 TUC RMB, CR 87-420 TUC ACM, CR 88-90 TUC ACM, CR 87-433 TUC ACM, CR 88-38 TUC RCB, CR 88-35 PHX PGR, CR 88-121 TUC ACM, CR 88-88M TUC ACM and CR 87-5487M PHX EHC.

694 F.Supp. 1406 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Ricardo MACIAS-PEDROZA, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Francisco Rafael HUGUES-ESPINOZA, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Jose Ernesto MORENO-GREEN and Oscar Lara Navarrete, Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Roger A. CONTRERAS, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Richard A. SLEZAK, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Manuel JIMENEZ-TORRES, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Mario Alberto CALDERON-PAZ, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Felix MADERA-ESPINOZA, Carlos Chavez-Sandoval and Alberto Martinez Pino, Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Octavio MERAZ-PERU, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Robert DAWSON, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Brian CRUM, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Jose Luiz GRIJALVA-FUENTES and Hector Alfredo Ruiz-Sanchez, Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Sergio BETANCOURT-GUTIERREZ and Oscar Del Val Trevino, Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Luis Angel CARRANZA, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Armando URREA, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Thomas HUSKIE, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Arizona.

April 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Kern, U.S. Atty., for U.S. in CR 88-13 TUC RMB.

Jacqueline Marshall, Fed. Public Defender, Tucson, Ariz., for Ricardo Macias-Pedroza and Francisco Rafael Hugues-Espinoza.

Gary Clifford Korn, U.S. Atty., for U.S. in CR 88-36 TUC ACM.

Reese Bostwick, U.S. Atty., for U.S. in CR 88-64 TUC RMB, CR 88-30 TUC RMB, and CR 88-35 PHX PGR.

Dennis Murphy, Tucson, Ariz., for Joaquin Arturo Contreras.

Walter B. Nash, III, Tucson, Ariz., for Oscar Lara Navarrete, Octavio Meraz-Peru and Alejandro Hernandez Huerta.

Michael J. Bloom, Tucson, Ariz., for Jose Ignacio Acosta-Medina.

Michael L. Piccarreta, Tucson, Ariz., for Jose Ernesto Moreno-Green.

Michael O. Zavala, Tucson, Ariz., for Alejo Hernandez Dominguez.

Philip G. Espinosa, U.S. Atty., for U.S. in CR 88-41 PHX RGS.

Javier Chon-Lopez, Fed. Public Defender, Tucson, Ariz., for Francisco Javier Ramirez-Morando.

Janet K. Johnson, U.S. Atty., for U.S. in CR 88-42 PHX RCB.

Alex A. Gaynes, Tucson, Ariz., for Leonard K. Parker.

Cindy K. Jorgenson, U.S. Atty., for U.S. in CR 88-16 TUC RMB.

Jose H. Robles, Fed. Public Defender, Tucson, Ariz., for Pedro Avila-Castorena.

Arthur J. Hutton, Tucson, Ariz., for Salvador Reyes-Cerda and Alberto Martinez-Pino.

Roger L. Duncan, U.S. Atty., for U.S. in CR 87-435 TUC RMB.

Francisco Leon, Tucson, Ariz., for Mario Alberto Calderon-Paz, Jose Luis Grijalva-Fuentes and Hector Alfredo Ruiz-Sanchez.

Frank R. Zapata, Fed. Pub. Defender, Tucson, Ariz., for Saturnino Armenta-Espinoza and Sergio Betancourt-Gutierrez.

Frederic Joseph Dardis, Tucson, Ariz., for Carlos Chavez-Sandoval.

Isabel Garcia Gallegos, Tucson, Ariz., for Felix Madera-Espinoza.

Jeffrey D. Bartolino, Tucson, Ariz., for Francisco Martinez-Pino.

Stephen Ralls, Tucson, Ariz., for Ramon Madera-Espinoza.

Ernesto Soto, Tucson, Ariz., for Abel Pena-Benitez.

David A. Aguilar, Tucson, Ariz., for Ernesto Rodriguez-Salgado and Enrique Cruz-Hernandez.

Marshall D. Tandy, Tucson, Ariz., for Juan Manuel Soto-Roman.

William R. Stevens, U.S. Atty., for U.S. in CR 88-32 TUC RMB.

Roger L. Duncan, U.S. Atty., for U.S. in CR 87-420 TUC ACM.

Dan W. Montgomery, Tucson, Ariz., for Federico Estrada Escalante.

Armand Salese, Tucson, Ariz., for Frank Joseph Hutchison.

Janet K. Johnson, U.S. Atty., for U.S. in CR 88-90 TUC ACM.

D. Jesse Smith, Tucson, Ariz., for Roger Blane Crum.

David R. Sherman, Tucson, Ariz., for Douglas Alan Crum.

Barbara Sattler, Tucson, Ariz., for Judy Mary Evans.

Cindy K. Jorgenson, U.S. Atty., for U.S. in CR 87-433 TUC ACM, and CR 88-38 TUC RCB.

Peter B. Keller, Tucson, Ariz., for Antonio Orozco-Delgado.

Gloria Torres, Fed. Public Defender, Tucson, Ariz., for Hildeberto Moreno-Bustamante.

John G. Bogart, Tucson, Ariz., for Donald Wayne Gardner, Brian Crum and Armando Urrea.

William H. Callaway, Tucson, Ariz., for Charles Ford.

Richard C. Henry, Tucson, Ariz., for John Bailey.

Monte E. Hester, Tacoma, Wash., Robert Don Nelson, Tucson, Ariz., for Leslie Edward Strobel.

Barry Baker Sipe, Tucson, Ariz., for Irene Delora Edwards.

Yvonne Ayers, Tucson, Ariz., for Edward Robert Dawson.

Roger L. Duncan, U.S. Atty., for U.S. in CR 88-121 TUC ACM and CR 88-88M TUC ACM.

Larry J. Lingeman, Tucson, Ariz., for German Dominguez-Elias.

Before BILBY, Chief Judge, and CARROLL, MARQUEZ, ROSENBLATT, BROOMFIELD and STRAND, District Judges.


ORDER DENYING MOTION TO INVALIDATE SENTENCING GUIDELINES

Defendants in the above-captioned cases move the court for an order declaring the sentencing guidelines ("Guidelines") recently promulgated by the United States Sentencing Commission ("Commission") unconstitutional. Upon due consideration of the memoranda and arguments of all parties and amici, the court finds that defendants arguments are not meritorious; accordingly, their motion must be denied.

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