U.S. v. FIGUEROA-OCASIO

No. 12-1965.

805 F.3d 360 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. David FIGUEROA-OCASIO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 16, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cathryn A. Neaves , on brief for appellant.

Francisco A. Besosa-Martinez , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, United States Attorney, and Nelson Perez-Sosa , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, KAYATTA and BARRON, Circuit Judges.


The district court in this case accepted the defendant's straight plea of guilty to firearms charges without taking all the steps necessary to determining that the plea was entered intelligently and knowingly. The district court also employed an erroneous illustration of the requisite mens rea in order to defuse the defendant...

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