United States v. Vaquerano Canas, No. 22-1202 (1st Cir. 2023)
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The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's 516-month sentence entered upon his guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity (RICO), holding that there was no error relating to Defendant's sentence.
On appeal, Defendant argued that the district court erroneously applied a sentencing enhancement for the use or attempted use of a minor in the commission of the offense under the United States Sentencing Guidelines and imposed a substantively unreasonable sentence. The First Circuit affirmed, holding (1) the minor-use enhancement was properly applied in this case; and (2) the sentence imposed by the district court was substantively reasonable.
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