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Title: United States v. Melendez
Author : First Circuit U.S. Court Of Appeals
Release Date : January 23, 2002
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 60 KB

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A jury convicted Junito ""Junior"" Melendez of aiding and abetting the distribution of cocaine base, being a juvenile in possession of a firearm, and possession of cocaine base with the intent to distribute. Melendez was sentenced to 135 months of imprisonment. He now contends that the district court erred in denying his motions to suppress and to sever the first two counts of the indictment from the third. 1 He also alleges error in sentencing: specifically, that the district court should have departed downward from the sentencing guidelines due to his minimal or minor role in the crime, and that a prior conviction was improperly double-counted. We affirm Melendez's conviction. We vacate his sentence, however, due to the district court's error in calculating his criminal history, and remand for resentencing.