U.S. v. GONZÁLEZ-VÉLEZ

No. 07-2277.

587 F.3d 494 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Rafael A. GONZÁLEZ-VÉLEZ, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 25, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

María H. Sandoval, for appellant.

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

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


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, defendant-appellant Rafael A. González-Vélez ("González-Vélez") challenges his sentence following his conviction for participating in a conspiracy to distribute narcotics. The 135-month sentence currently on appeal was imposed on re-sentencing after a previous decision by this court, in which we affirmed the appellant's conviction but vacated his sentence due to the sentencing court's failure to make an...

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