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U.S. v. MURIEL-CRUZ

No. 02-2075.

412 F.3d 9 (2005)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Alexander MURIEL-CRUZ, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 15, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elaine Mittleman, for appellant.

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

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

CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.

Alexander Muriel-Cruz contends that the district court failed to conduct a proper mental competency hearing prior to accepting his guilty plea to a drug conspiracy charge. See 18 U.S.C. § 4241(e). We affirm.

I

BACKGROUND

In August 2000, Muriel-Cruz and eight codefendants were jointly indicted on a single count of conspiring to distribute cocaine. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1),...

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