U.S. v. HUTCHINSON

Nos. 07-1204, 07-1230, 07-1234, 07-1264.

573 F.3d 1011 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alvin HUTCHINSON, a/k/a Big Al, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lee Arthur Thompson, a/k/a "LT", Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Junior Ray Montoya, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William L. Gladney, a/k/a "L", Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard A. Pincus, Assistant Federal Public Defender (Raymond P. Moore with him on the briefs), Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellant Alvin Hutchinson.

Nancy L. Simmons, Law Offices of Nancy L. Simmons, P.C., Albuquerque, NM, for Defendant-Appellant Lee Arthur Thompson.

Wade H. Eldridge, Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellant Junior Ray Montoya.

Dennis W. Hartley, Dennis W. Hartley, P.C., Colorado Springs, CO, for Defendant-Appellant William L. Gladney.

James C. Murphy, Assistant United States Attorney (Troy A. Eid, United States Attorney with him on the brief), Denver, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellee United States in Case No. 07-1204.

John M. Hutchins, Assistant United States Attorney (Troy A. Eid, United States Attorney; Gregory Rhodes, Assistant United States Attorney; Jaime A. Pena, Assistant United States Attorney with him on the brief), Denver, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellee United States in Case Nos. 07-1230, 07-1234, 07-1264.

Before GORSUCH, McKAY, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.


GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.

Denver's Alpine Rose Motel was something of a "drive-thru" crack market. Customers needed only to pull their cars into the parking lot to receive window-side service from one of the motel's resident drug runners. A runner would take the customer's order, proceed to different motel rooms occupied by crack dealers until he found sufficient quantities to fill the order, and then make the delivery. So-called enforcers helped keep the peace among...

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