United States v. Godinez-Perez, No. 15-3159 (10th Cir. 2016)
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Defendant Emanuel Godinez-Perez pleaded guilty to three criminal counts arising out of his role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine. The district court sentenced Godinez to a term of imprisonment of 108 months, to be followed by a two-year term of supervised release. Godinez appealed his sentence. After review, the Tenth Circuit agreed with Godinez that the district court erred in calculating his base offense level and, in turn, his advisory Guidelines sentencing range. Specifically, the court erred in failing to
make particularized findings regarding relevant conduct attributable to Godinez. Consequently, the Court remanded this case back to the district court with directions to vacate Godinez’s sentence and resentence him.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on December 22, 2016.
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