U.S. v. CINTRÓN-ECHAUTEGUI

No. 08-1800.

604 F.3d 1 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. José CINTRÓN-ECHAUTEGUI, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 14, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lorenzo J. Palomares, with whom Lorenzo Palomares, P.S.C. 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 (Appellate Chief), were on brief, for appellee.

Before Lynch, Chief Judge, Torruella and Selya, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant José Cintrón-Echautegui, who pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, alleges that the district court erred in calculating drug quantity and, therefore, imposed an overly harsh sentence. Discerning no error, we affirm the judgment below.

Because this appeal follows a guilty plea, we draw the facts from the change-of-plea colloquy, the presentence investigation report ...

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