U.S. v. VALENCIA

No. 15-2173, No. 15-2192.

829 F.3d 1007 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alejandro VALENCIA, also known as Pablo Villanueva-Acosta, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eric Octavio Rangel-Ortega, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 22, 2016.

Rehearing Denied September 13, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Unger Carlyle , Kansas City, MO, argued, for appellant Alejandro Valencia.

Chad G. Gardner , The Law Office of Chad G. Gardner, PC, Kansas City, MO, argued, for appellant Eric Octavio Rangel-Ortega.

Bruce A. Rhoades , Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, argued ( Tammy Dickinson , U.S. Atty., Philip M. Koppe , Asst. U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before GRUENDER and KELLY, Circuit Judges, and ERICKSEN, District Judge.


Alejandro Valencia and Eric Octavio Rangel-Ortega pleaded guilty to several drug-related offenses. The district court2 sentenced Valencia to 292 months' imprisonment and Rangel-Ortega to 240 months' imprisonment. Both Valencia and Rangel-Ortega now appeal, arguing that the district court erred...

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