U.S. v. OQUENDO-RIVERA

No. 08-2481.

586 F.3d 63 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Kelmit OQUENDO-RIVERA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 5, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Héctor L. Ramos-Vega, Assistant Federal Public Defender, with whom Joseph C. Laws, Jr., Federal Public Defender, was on brief for appellant.

Julia M. Meconiates, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney, and Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief Appellate Division, were on brief for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and BOUDIN, Circuit Judges.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

Kelmit Oquendo-Rivera ("Oquendo") seeks review of a district court decision revoking supervised release and sentencing him to a further term in prison. The circumstances are unusual and we conclude that further proceedings are required.

The pertinent background is as follows. In 2000, Oquendo pled guilty to possessing cocaine base with intent to distribute and was sentenced to 78 months in prison and five years of supervised release...

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