UNITED STATES v. CASTILLO

No. 19-1152.

995 F.3d 14 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Juan Carlos CASTILLO-Vazquez, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

April 16, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fernando O. Zambrana Avilés and Colon Serrano Zambrana, LLC on brief for appellant.

W. Stephen Muldrow , United States Attorney, Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte , Assistant United States Attorney, and Julia M. Meconiates , Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.

Before Lynch, Thompson, and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.


Juan Carlos Castillo-Vazquez was caught 39 nautical miles south of Puerto Rico smuggling 900 kilograms of cocaine into the United States on a 30-foot vessel. The district court sentenced him to 135 months' imprisonment. Castillo appeals his sentence on the grounds that the district court erred in refusing to grant a two-level...

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