Unites States v. Melendez-Rosado, No. 21-1688 (1st Cir. 2023)
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The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's sentence imposed in connection with his plea of guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and possession of a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon, holding that there was no procedural or substantive error.
As to Defendant's drug conviction, the district court imposed an eighty-seven-month term of immurement, to be followed by a sixty-month term of immurement on the firearm conviction. The First Circuit affirmed, holding (1) the district court did not commit plain error in applying a stash-house enhancement; (2) any error in awarding one criminal history point for a prior offense that was dismissed under a diversionary program was patently harmless; and (3) Defendant's sentence was substantively reasonable.
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