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U.S. v. MONTANEZ

No. 95-2096.

82 F.3d 520 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Alexander MONTANEZ, a/k/a Armando Bareta, Carlos Lopez, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 24, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evan Slavitt with whom Kelley A. Jordan-Price and Hinckley, Allen & Snyder were on brief by appointment, Boston, MA, for appellant.

Geoffrey E. Hobart, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, was on brief for the United States.

Before BOUDIN, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

The sole issue on this appeal is whether the district court erred in denying Alexander Montanez the benefit in sentencing of the recently enacted "safety valve" provision which relates to mandatory minimum sentences. 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f); see U.S.S.G. § 5C1.2. We readily conclude that there was no error in this case. But in light of the farreaching interpretation of the statute urged by the government, something more than a ...

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