U.S. v. CORTÉS-MALDONADO

No. 18-1768.

939 F.3d 353 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Richard Gerardo CORTÉS-MALDONADO, a/k/a Richard Cortés-Maldonado, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

September 25, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mariángela Tirado-Vales , San Juan, PR, on brief for appellant.

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

Before Howard, Chief Judge, Lynch and Barron, Circuit Judges.


Richard Gerardo Cortés-Maldonado ("Cortés") pled guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. The sentencing calculations and recommendations in his plea agreement were not binding on the district court, which so advised Cortés at his change of plea hearing. He now argues that the district...

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