U. S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona has imposed a 57-month prison term on Jesus S. Palacios, an ex-convict in Guam who was found guilty of illegal possession of two guns and 27 bullets.<\/p>\n
At a hearing on Tuesday, Manglona gave Palacios credit for 277 days of time served. <\/p>\n
Upon completing the prison sentence, Palacios will be placed on five years of supervised release. He was required to perform 100 hours of community service. <\/p>\n
Palacios was prohibited from possessing a firearm, ammunition, or other dangerous weapons. He was ordered to participate in a substance abuse program.<\/p>\n
Assistant U.S. attorney Rami Badawy recommended a 57-month prison term pursuant to the advisory sentencing guideline range.<\/p>\n
Attorney Mark Scoggins, counsel for Palacios, recommended 46 months in prison.<\/p>\n
Last Dec. 4, 2013, a jury returned a guilty verdict against the 52-year-old Palacios on all six counts.<\/p>\n
Months later, in February, Judge Manglona granted a motion to vacate the convictions on five of the six charges.<\/p>\n
Manglona vacated Palacios\u2019 convictions on two counts of felon in possession of a firearm and\/or ammunition, and three counts of unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm and\/or ammunition.<\/p>\n
Manglona issued the order after Palacios, through counsel Scoggins, moved to vacate his convictions on the five charges of the indictment on double-jeopardy grounds, as multiplicitous of his conviction on one charge. <\/p>\n
Manglona said the six counts charge the defendant with a single instance of unlawful firearms and ammunition possession under two different sections of the law.<\/p>\n
The judge said Palacios asserts, and the U.S. government agrees, that under these circumstances only one conviction may enter.<\/p>\n
The filing of the indictment arose from an incident in April 2013 when police arrested Palacios for allegedly beating up his wife in front of their child and pointing a gun at her head when she refused to give him money. <\/p>\n
The then 4-year-old boy told police that he witnessed the beating of his mother and that he also saw his father smoke \u201cice\u201d and has four guns. <\/p>\n
Police learned that Palacios was arrested in Guam in 1997 and charged with murder, manslaughter, and possession of a gun without an ID. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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