U.S. v. LASTRA

No. 90-3132.

973 F.2d 952 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America v. Lornette Henry LASTRA, a/k/a Lornette Henry, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 8, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Ellenbogen, Washington, D.C. (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Jennifer M. Anderson, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John R. Fisher, and Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee. Roy W. McLeese III, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance, for appellee.

Before SILBERMAN, BUCKLEY, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.

BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:

Lornette Henry Lastra pled guilty in district court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and was sentenced to five years' imprisonment. At the time, Lastra was serving a sentence for another drug violation. After considering the matter in chambers, the district judge decided to impose the current sentence consecutively with the earlier sentence. Lastra claims that this...

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