U.S. v. RIVERA

Nos. 85-1768, 85-1771.

837 F.2d 906 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Luis Anthony RIVERA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

January 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Vernell, North Miami Beach, Fla. (Gregory Meier, Muskogee, Okl., on the brief of defendant-appellant, and Louis Vernell on the supplemental brief), for defendant-appellant.

Gene V. Primomo, Asst. U.S. Atty. (Roger Hilfiger, U.S. Atty., E.D. Okl., with him on the brief), Muskogee, Okl., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before McKAY and MOORE, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, District Judge.


McKAY, Circuit Judge.

Luis Anthony Rivera was found guilty of all counts under both a seven-count indictment (indictment I) and a six-count indictment (indictment II) in a consolidated trial. He was sentenced to the maximum term allowable under every count with each to run consecutively, resulting in a life sentence without parole plus 140 years.

Indictment I charged defendant and six other named individuals, with: (1) conspiracy to import cocaine in violation...

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