U.S. v. CARRERO-HERNÁNDEZ

No. 10-1252.

643 F.3d 344 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Orlando CARRERO-HERNÁNDEZ, a/k/a Buho, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 6, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rafael F. Castro-Lang , for appellant.

Carlos R. Cardona , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, Nelson Pérez-Sosa , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and George A. Massucco-LaTaif , Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

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


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

In September 2009, Orlando Carrero-Hernández ("Carrero") pled guilty in federal district court to two felony drug charges stemming from his involvement in a scheme to import large quantities of cocaine into Puerto Rico. On appeal, Carrero raises two challenges to the sentence he received. First, Carrero contends that the district court improperly imposed a two-level sentencing enhancement to his base offense level based on the court...

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