U.S. v. CEPEDA

No. 90-1117.

907 F.2d 11 (1990)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Luis CEPEDA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Cicilline, Providence, R.I., for defendant-appellant.

Margaret E. Curran, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Lincoln C. Almond, U.S. Atty., and Kenneth P. Madden, Asst. U.S. Atty., Providence, R.I., were on brief, for appellee.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and SELYA, Circuit Judge.


BREYER, Chief Judge.

The appellant, Luis Cepeda, was convicted of distributing heroin to an undercover agent. Under the Sentencing Guidelines, he was sentenced to twenty-seven months imprisonment. He appeals from that sentence, claiming that he should have received reductions for acceptance of responsibility and for minimal participation in the offense. We find no error in the sentence imposed by the district court.

1. Acceptance of Responsibility....

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