US v. Cintron-Echautegui

Filing 920100414

Opinion

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var WPFootnote1 = ' The appellant initially objected to an upward adjustment for\
use of a weapon in connection with a drug-trafficking offense, USSG\
§2D1.1(b)(1), but he waived this objection at the disposition\
hearing.\
'

var WPFootnote2 = ' The transcript of the disposition hearing lists this\
quantity as 94.2 kilograms. This is obviously a scrivener\'s error;\
the calculations elucidated by the court lead inexorably to a\
quantity of 9.2 kilograms. Thus, we accept the latter figure. Cf.\
United States v. Zapata, 1 F.3d 46, 47 n.2 (1st Cir. 1993)\
(explaining that when a sentencing court refers to the wrong\
edition of the guidelines but its "calculations faithfully track\
the [correct] version," we will disregard the obvious slip of the\
tongue). \
'

var WPFootnote3 = ' The appellant also argues that the district court erred in\
using a special verdict form that was completed and returned by the\
jury. He says, correctly, that by the time the verdict was\
returned, he had pleaded guilty and, therefore, was not bound by\
the verdict. But this argument is belied by the record. While the\
court alluded to the special verdict form in passing, the appellant\
is not mentioned on it. Moreover, the record does not indicate\
that the court used either the form or the information contained\
therein in constructing the appellant\'s sentence. Finally, the\
conspiracy-wide drug quantity shown on the special verdict form —\
"[f]ifty (50) grams or more" — bears no real relationship to the\
court\'s drug quantity determination vis-à-vis the appellant. \
'

var WPFootnote4 = ' There is an exception to this paradigm for cases in which\
the defendant\'s sentence is controlled by a mandatory minimum term\
of imprisonment required by an applicable statute. See, e.g.,\
United States v. Goodine, 326 F.3d 26, 32-33 (1st Cir. 2003). This\
is not such a case.\
'

var WPFootnote5 = ' The court multiplied three shifts per week by 200 capsules\
per shift by .075 grams of cocaine base per capsule, resulting in\
2.3 kilograms per year (rounded down). Multiplying by his four-year participation in the conspiracy, the court attributed a total \
of 9.2 kilograms of cocaine base to the appellant.\
'

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