U.S. v. PADILLA-GALARZA

No. 02-1205.

351 F.3d 594 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. José PADILLA-GALARZA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 12, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Marcos E. López, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom H.S. Garcia, United States Attorney, and Sonia I. Torres, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Criminal Division, were on brief, for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, HOWARD, Circuit Judge, and DiCLERICO, District Judge.


BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

Jose Padilla-Galarza pled guilty in the district court in Puerto Rico to a drug trafficking crime pursuant to a plea agreement. After the plea but before sentence, Padilla sought unsuccessfully to withdraw his plea. On this appeal, he challenges the decision rejecting his motion to withdraw; he also contests the lawfulness of a sentencing condition imposed by the district court.

Padilla, a former police officer, was indicted in 1999 for...

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