U.S. v. CARRASCO-DE-JESÚS

No. 08-2463.

589 F.3d 22 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Oneida CARRASCO-DE-JESÚS, a/k/a Brenda Ríos-González, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 11, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mariángela Tirado-Váles on brief for appellant.

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

Before SELYA, LIPEZ and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Oneida Carrasco-de-Jesús, also known as Brenda Ríos-González, attacks her sentence as both procedurally flawed and substantively unreasonable. Concluding, as we do, that her attack lacks force, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico charged the appellant with participation in a conspiracy to issue and use counterfeit checks. See 18 U.S.C. §...

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