U.S. v. SORONDO

No. 87-5520.

845 F.2d 945 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Albert SORONDO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore J. Sakowitz, Federal Public Defender, Lisa A. Rosenthal, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Leon B. Kellner, U.S. Atty., Robert E. O'Neill, Asst. U.S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and HILL, Circuit Judges, and WARD, District Judge.


HILL, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, the appellant challenges his conviction on charges of distributing and conspiring to distribute cocaine. He attacks the constitutionality of the law under which he was sentenced and the admissibility of certain testimony by a government witness. We reverse.

I. FACTS

The charges against the appellant, Albert Sorondo, stem from his sale of one kilogram of cocaine to an agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration...

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