1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 914 F.3d
  5. 914 F.3d 1 (2019)
 

U.S. v. MARTÍNEZ-BENÍTEZ

No. 17-1393.

914 F.3d 1 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. José G. MARTÍNEZ-BENÍTEZ, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 24, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jóse Luis Novas-Debien , for appellant.

Jonathan L. Gottfried , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Julia M. Meconiates , Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before Lynch, Thompson, and Barron, Circuit Judges.

At stake today is whether federal prosecutors proved José Martínez Benítez's prior Puerto Rico-law conviction (described below) is a "controlled substance offense" for federal-sentencing purposes. Concluding they did not, we vacate his sentence and remand for resentencing consistent with this opinion.

...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases