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A notable (and notably late) Second Circuit conviction reversal

By Douglas A. Berman

The Second Circuit today in US v. Ogando, No. 05-0236 (2d Cir. Oct. 20, 2008) (available here), reverses for insufficient evidence a set of jury trial convictions for a livery cab driver hired to pick up a drug courier at the airport.  Though not a sentencing case, this paragraph at the end of the long factual recitation in the opinion caught my eye:Ogando was convicted on all four counts.  The Pre-Sentence Report calculated a Guidelines range of 63 to 78 months' imprisonment.  Th read more

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 20, 2008 (boomark / email).