United States First Circuit

Information provided under plea agreement that duplicated information the government had from other sources, involved small quantities of drugs, identified individuals already cooperating and, led only to time-barred crimes did not amount to "substantial" assistance.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/28/2000
• Published 11/30/2000

Judges

• COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Maria H. Sandoval for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nelson Perez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, and Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for appellee.