United States First Circuit

Where defendant's counsel expressly recognized the district court's sentencing discretion and merely asked for a reconsideration of the incarceration period without challenging the court's interpretation of the statute, the argument is waived on appeal.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/23/2001
• Published 02/26/2001

Judges

• GARCIA-GREGORY, District Judge., Before LYNCH and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, GARCIA-GREGORY, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Epifanio Morales-Cruz, Assistant Federal Public Defender, with whom Joseph C. Laws, Jr., Federal Public Defender, District of Puerto Rico, was on brief, 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, Chief, Criminal Division, were on brief, for appellee.