U.S. v. RUIZ

No. 92-2516.

43 F.3d 985 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Linda RUIZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 23, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Godinich (Court-appointed), R. Scott Shearer, Houston, TX, for appellant.

B. Janice Ellington, Paula Offenhauser, Joe Sepeda, Asst. U.S. Attys., Ronald G. Woods, U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for appellee.

Before KING and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges, and LAKE, District Judge.


SIM LAKE, District Judge:

Linda Ruiz appeals the 10-year statutory minimum sentence the district court imposed pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B)(i). We AFFIRM.

Ruiz was one of a number of defendants charged in a multiple-count indictment. Count Two charged her with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin from October 1, 1989, through September 6, 1991, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846. The government filed an...

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