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U.S. v. MENDES

No. 89-4070.

912 F.2d 434 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Derek Aragon MENDES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 28, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald J. Yengich (Earl Xaiz of Yengich, Rich, Xaiz & Metos, Salt Lake City, Utah, with him on the brief) of Yengich, Rich, Xaiz & Metos, Salt Lake City, Utah, for defendant-appellant.

Dee V. Benson (Bruce D. Lubeck, Asst. U.S. Atty., with him on the brief), U.S. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge, TACHA, Circuit Judge, and VAN BEBBER, District Judge.

TACHA, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Derek Mendes appeals his conviction for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and heroin, 21 U.S.C. section 841(a), and raises various constitutional challenges to his ten-year minimum mandatory sentence imposed pursuant to 21 U.S.C. section 841(b)(1)(B). We affirm.

I.

This case arises out of an FBI investigation of a three-person drug trafficking operation headed by Mendes and located in West Jordan, Utah....

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