United States Second Circuit
US v. Cuevas, 03-1143
Sentence imposed after defendant was extradited from the Dominican Republic and pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, conspiracy to launder money, and money laundering is remanded as the sentence was imposed prior to the Supreme Court's decision in U.S. v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005) and must be reconsidered.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/27/2007
- Published 07/27/2007
Judges
- STRAUB, Circuit Judge:, Before: KEARSE, STRAUB, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Second Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- B. Alan Seidler, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant., David C. Esseks, Assistant United States Attorney (Jennifer G. Rodgers, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel; Michael J. Garcia, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, on the brief), New York, NY, for Appellee.