U.S. v. CLAVIJO

No. 97-5197.

165 F.3d 1341 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Esteban CLAVIJO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard P. Fenn, Coral Gables, FL for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Adalberto Jordan, Robert B. Cornell, Lisette Reid, Richard Hong, Asst. U.S. Attys., for Defendant-Appellant.

Before TJOFLAT and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and KRAVITCH, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal is about sentencing. Defendant, Esteban Clavijo, appeals the district court's denial of U.S.S.G. § 5C1.2 safety-valve relief and imposition of a mandatory minimum five-year sentence for Clavijo's drug offense involving over 100 plants of marijuana. Because the district court erred in its reading of the Sentencing Guidelines, we vacate the sentence and remand.

Background

Esteban Clavijo, pursuant to an agreement...

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