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U.S. v. MELENDEZ

Nos. 530, 378, 232, 376, 246, 379, 373 and 371. Dockets 93-1087, 93-1088, 93-1089, 93-1090, 93-1092, 93-1093, 93-1115 and 93-1127.

60 F.3d 41 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Dennis MELENDEZ; Edwin Ruiz; Domenic Bruno; Moises Serrano; Edward Ramos; Timothy Douglas; Angel Valentin; Rafael Brillon; Marlene Ebanks; and Hector Alejandro, Defendants, Steven Ramos, Raul Rodriguez, Johnny Davila, Leonard Mas, Luis Rosario, Antonio Sanchez, Edwin Mendoza, Hector Colon also known as Little Hec, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 26, 1995.

Opinion Amended July 10, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Bennet Adler, New York City, for defendant-appellant Raul Rodriguez.

Leonard J. Levenson, New York City, for defendant-appellant Hector Colon.

Michael H. Sporn, New York City, for defendant-appellant Edwin Mendoza.

Jerry L. Tritz, New York City, for defendant-appellant Leonardo Mas.

John Burke, Brooklyn, NY, for defendant-appellant Johnny Davila.

Hal Meyerson, New York City, for defendant-appellant Luis Rosario.

Steven M. Bernstein, New York City, for defendant-appellant Antonio Sanchez.

Lawrence A. Porcari, Yonkers, NY, for defendant-appellant Steven Ramos.

Christine Gray, Asst. U.S. Atty. for S.D.N.Y., New York City (John W. Auchincloss II, Nelson W. Cunningham, Alexandra Rebay, Asst. U.S. Attys., James M. Phillips, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., Mary Jo White, U.S. Atty. for S.D.N.Y., of counsel), for appellee U.S.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, CARDAMONE and ALTIMARI, Circuit Judges.

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

Among the issues on this appeal from convictions for drug and firearm crimes is a challenge to a conviction for using a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime. When the firearm, as here, is a machine gun, this conviction carries a mandatory 30-year sentence to run consecutively to any other sentence. The record reveals that this weapon was in defendant's girlfriend's apartment, less than a block away from where he sold heroin on...

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