U.S. v. RIVERA-RUIZ

No. 98-1538.

244 F.3d 263 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Carlos RIVERA-RUIZ, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramón M. González for appellant.

Ruth J. Vernet, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Criminal Division, and Camille Vélez-Rivé, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, LYNCH and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Carlos Rivera-Ruiz appeals his conviction for one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. He also appeals his sentence of 121 months. Rivera claims that the evidence presented at trial, consisting largely of the testimony of one cooperating witness about one transaction, was insufficient to convict him of participating in a conspiracy. He also argues that there was an impermissible variance between the allegations in...

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