U.S. v. VILLAREAL-AMARILLAS

Nos. 07-3616, 07-3741.

562 F.3d 892 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Manuel VILLAREAL-AMARILLAS, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Juan H. Gonzalez, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 9, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Mercer, Asst. Fed. Public Defender, Springfield, MO (Raymond C. Conrad, Jr., Fed. Public Defender, Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellant Manuel Villareal-Amarillas.

Angela D. Acree, CJA Panel Atty., Springfield, MO, for appellant Juan H. Gonzalez.

Robyn L. McKee, Asst. U.S. Atty., Springfield, MO (John F. Wood, U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellee.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, BEAM and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Chief Judge.

Manuel Villareal-Amarillas and Juan Gonzalez pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine. At sentencing, a police officer and three cooperating witnesses testified that the conspirators in fact distributed more than fifteen kilograms of methamphetamine, but the district court limited its drug quantity finding to the amount admitted in the guilty pleas — more than 500 grams but less than 1.5 kilograms...

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