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U.S. v. RAMOS-PAULINO

No. 06-1880.

488 F.3d 459 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Altagracia RAMOS-PAULINO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 23, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond L. Sanchez-Maceira, by appointment of the court, on brief for appellant.

Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney (Chief, Appellate Division), Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney, and on brief for appellee.

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

SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.

In this criminal appeal, the defendant challenges both her conviction (on the ground of instructional error) and her sentence (on the ground of a guidelines-related error). After a thorough review of the record and the applicable law, we affirm the defendant's conviction but vacate her sentence. The tale follows.

We begin with the denouement. In April of 2005, a federal grand jury charged defendant-appellant Altagracia Ramos-Paulino...

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