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U.S. v. SAVINON-ACOSTA

No. 99-2053.

232 F.3d 265 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Juan SAVINON-ACOSTA, a/k/a Sachi, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 21, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juan Savinon-Acosta on brief pro se.

Juan Ortiz-Lebron, by appointment of the court, for appellant.

Donald C. Lockhart, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Margaret E. Curran, United States Attorney, and Zechariah Chafee, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for the United States.

Before BOUDIN, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns the validity of a guilty plea challenged for the first time on appeal. On March 24, 1999, Juan Savinon-Acosta, the defendant-appellant in this case, was indicted, along with co-defendant Miguel Piantini, for drug dealing. Both defendants were charged, in two counts, with possessing cocaine with intent to distribute it, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1994), and with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, id. § 846. The...

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