U.S. v. URIOSTEGUI-ESTRADA

No. 95-1478.

86 F.3d 87 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Reynal URIOSTEGUI-ESTRADA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian P. Netols, Alan Grossman (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Criminal Division, Chicago, IL, Barry Rand Elden, Chief of Appeals, Office of the U.S. Atty., Criminal Appellate Division, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Marcia G. Shein, Richard Biggs (argued), Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before FLAUM, MANION, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Reynal Uriostegui-Estrada of importing heroin into the United States in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 952(a); the court sentenced him to 97 months in prison. In this appeal, Uriostegui-Estrada raises two claims: first, that the evidence adduced at trial was insufficient as a matter of law to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he knew he was carrying heroin, and second, that in sentencing him, the district court improperly denied...

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