United States v. Pichardo

USCA1 Opinion

                      [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                         FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT





No. 97-1951



                       UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,



                         Plaintiff, Appellee,



                                  v.



                            SANDY PICHARDO,



                         Defendant, Appellant.



                                             





             APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                    FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO



            [Hon. Hector M. Laffitte, U.S. District Judge]



                                             



                                Before



                         Selya, Circuit Judge,



                Coffin and Cyr, Senior Circuit Judges.



                                             







     Mauricio Hernandez Arroyo for appellant.

     Mark Irish, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, Assistant United States Attorney, and Nelson P‚rez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for appellee.





                                             



March 26, 1999

                              Per curiam.  Following oral argument and careful consideration of the briefs and record on appeal, we reject as groundless appellant's claim that the district court erred in rejecting his belated request for a downward adjustment for acceptance of responsibility, inasmuch as he has never fully acknowledged either his leadership role in the offenses of conviction or his possession of a weapon during the commission of the offenses charged.

          Affirmed.