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U.S. v. PEREZ-RUIZ

No. 02-1466.

353 F.3d 1 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Julio PEREZ-RUIZ, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 19, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce J. McGiverin, by appointment of the court, with whom Julio Pérez-Ruiz, pro se, was on brief, for appellant.

Thomas F. Klumper, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom H.S. Garcia, United States Attorney, and Sonia I. Torres, Chief, Criminal Division, were on brief, for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, SELYA, Circuit Judge, and SILER, Senior Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Julio Pérez-Ruiz, sometimes known by the sobriquet "Goyito," asks us to reverse his conviction for conspiracy to distribute narcotics or, in the alternative, to vacate his sentence. Although we discern no reversible error with regard to the conviction, we conclude that the district court sentenced the appellant to life imprisonment in violation of the rule announced in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530...

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