United States First Circuit

Where defendant was incorrectly informed that his sentence would not exceed five years, and his plea of guilty resulted in a sentence of ten years, there is no need to set aside his guilty plea. Instead, the appropriate remedy is to modify the sentence to five years.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/16/2001
• Published 03/20/2001

Judges

• SELYA, Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul M. Koziell, by appointment of the court, on brief for appellant.


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