United States v. Nunez, No. 14-2297 (1st Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseAppellant pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute twenty-eight grams or more of cocaine base. In sentencing Appellant, the district court departed downward and imposed a ninety-seven-month incarcerative sentence. Appellant appealed his sentence. The First Circuit affirmed, holding (1) the sentencing court did not err when it applied a three-level enhancement for Appellant’s leadership role in the conspiracy; (2) the sentencing court did not commit clear error in imposing a two-level weapons enhancement for Appellant’s possession of a firearm during and in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime; and (3) Appellant’s sentence was substantively reasonable.
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