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United States v. Torres-Vazquez, 1st Cir. (2013)
United States v. Torres-Vazquez, 1st Cir. (2013)
No. 12-1903
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Appellee,
v.
EDGARDO TORRES-VZQUEZ,
Defendant, Appellant.
Before
Howard, Selya and Lipez,
Circuit Judges.
guilty
to
conspiracy
to
commit
promotional
money
For
jury
sitting
in
the
District
of
Puerto
Rico
indicted
vouchsafed
was
"accurate
in
every
respect."
The
was
accountable
for
the
laundering
of
more
than
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Treating
the
Agreement
included
waiver-of-appeal
appellant, the court read the charge and obtained the appellant's
acknowledgment that he knowingly participated in the described
activities.
The
court
began
by
confirming
that
there
were
reiterated
the
key
facts
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surrounding
the
no
It
appellant's
Having completed
-4-
The
Seizing on
sufficient
factual
basis
to
ground
his
plea.
18 U.S.C.
1956(a)(1).
The record belies this contention.
To establish a
Ramos-
Id.
As long
as the record evinces "some basis for thinking that the defendant
is at least arguably guilty," no more is exigible.
Ramos-Meja,
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Moreover, proof of a
including
inferences
drawn
either
from
the
Id.
from
acts
performed
in
defendant's
admissions
or
from
the
One of these
took
place
in
September
2010,
was
to
discuss
the
of
this
scheme
with
coconspirator
and
the
CS.
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This routine
See United
the
PSI
Report
summarized
the
events
In this
surrounding
the
At the disposition
Affirmed.
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