U.S. v. ALTAMIRANO-QUINTERO

No. 06-1254.

511 F.3d 1087 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Luis ALTAMIRANO-QUINTERO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 28, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Schwartz, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, Broomfield, CO, for Defendant-Appellant Luis Altamirano-Quintero.

Martha A. Paluch, Assistant United States Attorney (Troy A. Eid, United States Attorney, with her on the brief) for Plaintiff-Appellee United States of America.

Before TYMKOVICH, EBEL and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Luis Altamirano-Quintero appeals the district court's imposition of a statutory mandatory minimum ten-year sentence for his drug conspiracy conviction. Altamirano-Quintero asserts that the district court should have applied 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f)'s safety valve to impose a sentence less than the mandatory minimum. The district court, however, determined that Altamirano-Quintero...

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