U.S. v. MARTINEZ-VARGAS

No. 02-1155.

321 F.3d 245 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Elvy MARTINEZ-VARGAS, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 4, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eileen F. Shapiro, by appointment of the court, on brief for appellant.

Margaret E. Curran, United States Attorney, Donald C. Lockhart and Mary E. Rogers, Assistant United States Attorneys, on brief for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and CYR, Senior Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Elvy Martinez-Vargas pleaded guilty both to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and to a related attempt count. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846. He now appeals his sentence, arguing that the district court should have credited him for a mitigating role in the offense of conviction and that his sentence was tainted by ineffective...

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