U.S. v. DE LA CRUZ

Nos. 92-1279, 92-1347.

996 F.2d 1307 (1993)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Efrain DE LA CRUZ, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Luis TORRES, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 24, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Carroll with whom Peabody & Arnold, Boston, MA, was on brief, for defendant, appellant Efrain De La Cruz.

William H. Kettlewell with whom Dwyer, Collora & Gertner, Boston, MA, was on brief, for defendant, appellant Luis Torres.

Geoffrey E. Hobart, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom A. John Pappalardo, U.S. Atty., and Jeffrey A. Locke, Asst. U.S. Atty., Boston, MA, were on brief, for appellee.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, CYR and BOUDIN, Circuit Judges.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

Efrain De La Cruz, Luis Torres and others were charged in a one-count indictment with conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute. 21 U.S.C. §§ 841, 846. Torres pleaded guilty; De La Cruz was convicted following a jury trial. In this appeal, De La Cruz challenges his conviction on a number of grounds, and both he and Torres contest the district court's calculation of their sentences. We affirm.

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