United States v. Jones, No. 13-2358 (1st Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CasePursuant to a plea agreement, Defendant pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, and three specific offense counts reflecting particular crack sales. The district court sentenced Defendant to a bottom-of-the-range incarcerative term of 135 months. The First Circuit affirmed the convictions and sentence, holding (1) Defendant was adequately apprised of the nature of the charges, and his guilty plea was knowing and voluntary; (2) the district court did not err in enhancing Defendant’s offense level on the ground that he maintained an apartment as a stash house; (3) the district court did not err in selecting Defendant’s criminal history category; (4) Defendant’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim was not properly before the Court; and (5) Defendant’s additional assignments of error were without merit.
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