U.S. v. CRUZ

Docket No. 92-1172.

977 F.2d 732 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Pedro José CRUZ, Defendant-Appellant, Carlos Cepeda and Ramon Espinal, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 21, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth D. Wasserman, New York City, for defendant-appellant.

Nelson W. Cunningham, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City, for appellee.

Before: FEINBERG, NEWMAN, and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.


JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This unopposed motion by the Government to remand a criminal case for resentencing merits a brief opinion only to make clear the inappropriateness of the District Judge's pretrial threat to impose the maximum sentence in the event the Judge concluded that the defendant went to trial without "a good defense." Pedro José Cruz appeals from the February 24, 1991, judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Nicholas...

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