U.S. v. OCASIO-CANCEL

No. 12-1103.

727 F.3d 85 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Angel OCASIO-CANCEL, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

July 19, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nereida Meléndez Rivera and Meléndez Torres Law PSC, on brief, for appellant.

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

Before HOWARD, SELYA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

After accepting his guilty plea, the district court sentenced defendant-appellant Angel Ocasio-Cancel to serve 87 months in prison. In his ensuing appeal, the defendant asseverates that his guilty plea was neither voluntary nor knowing and, in any event, the district court's sentencing methodology was flawed. After careful consideration of this asseverational array, we affirm both the defendant's conviction...

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