U.S. v. ACOSTA

No. 95-2517.

85 F.3d 275 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Salvador ACOSTA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney Cubbie, Steven Ingraham, argued, Office of the United States Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Frank M. Tuerkheimer, argued, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before KANNE, ROVNER, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Following a bench trial, Salvador Acosta1 was convicted of one count of possessing heroin with intent to distribute it in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. Acosta was sentenced to 151 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, and was fined $2,500. In calculating Acosta's base offense level, the district judge determined that, in addition to the 31...

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