U.S. v. ALVAREZ

Nos. 86-2709, 86-2710, 86-2805, 86-2846 and 86-2847.

860 F.2d 801 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gabriel ALVAREZ, Gustavo Holguin, Leovigilda Rivera, Humberto Olivares Castrellon and Oneyda Zambrana, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Suzanne Philbrick, Oak Lawn, Ill., Ken DelValle, Sheila M. Murphy, Chicago, Ill., Joshua Sachs, for defendants-appellants.

Helene B. Greenwald, Asst. U.S. Atty., Anton Valukas, U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, COFFEY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Five individuals appeal their convictions for violations of various provisions of the federal narcotics laws. We reverse Gustavo Holguin's continuing criminal enterprise conviction on the ground of insufficient evidence. We vacate Humberto Castrellon's sentence. Both Mr. Holguin and Mr. Castrellon must be resentenced by the district court. In all other respects, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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