U.S. v. RIVERA

Nos. 92-4009, 93-1006.

6 F.3d 431 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Victor M. RIVERA and Mario Heredia, aka "Nacho," Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 22, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Lipscomb, Milwaukee, WI (argued), for U.S.

Peter Kafkas, Wauwatosa, WI (argued), for Victor M. Rivera.

John Miller Carroll, Milwaukee, WI (argued), for Mario Heredia.

Before CUMMINGS, FLAUM and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

This drug conspiracy case raises two distinctive issues, among others, for our review: (1) whether the district court abused its discretion by refusing to order the government to disclose one defendant's plea negotiation statement to his codefendant; and (2) whether currency seized from members of a drug conspiracy can be converted to its drug equivalent and used to calculate a defendant's base offense level for sentencing purposes. We answer...

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