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U.S. v. Santo, No. 99-1899 (1st Cir.) (225 F.3d 92) (September 15, 2000) (Judge Levin H. Campbell)

Here the Court held that a district court's understatement of the mimumum mandatory sentence at the plea colloquy violated the provisions of Rule 11(c)(1), rendered the plea involuntary, and affected the defemndant's substantial rights.

In this case the First Circuit held that a district court's understatement of the mandatory minimum ...

 

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