U.S. v. GUZMÁN-MONTAÑEZ

No. 13-1070.

756 F.3d 1 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Marcelino GUZMÁN-MONTAÑEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

June 13, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Víctor J. González-Bothwell , First Assistant Federal Public Defender, with whom Héctor E. Guzmán-Silva, Jr. , Federal Public Defender, Héctor L. Ramos-Vega , Assistant Federal Public Defender, and Liza L. Rosado-Rodríguez , Research and Writing Specialist, were on brief for appellant.

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

Before TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, and GELPÍ, District Judge.


GELPÍ, District Judge.

A jury in the District of Puerto Rico convicted Marcelino Guzmán-Montañez ("Guzmán") for being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) ("count one"), and for possession of a firearm in a school zone in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(q)(2)(A) & 924(a)(4) ("count two"). The District Court sentenced Guzmán to 60 months of imprisonment as to both counts.

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