U.S. v. CONTRERAS

No. 97-2224.

180 F.3d 1204 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dolores CONTRERAS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. English, Assistant United States Attorney (John J. Kelly, United States Attorney, and Charles L. Barth, Assistant United States Attorney, Albuquerque, New Mexico, on the briefs), Albuquerque, New Mexico for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Vicki Mandell-King, Assistant Federal Public Defender (Michael G. Katz, Federal Public Defender with her on the briefs), Denver, Colorado for Defendant-Appellee.

Before ANDERSON, McKAY and EBEL, Circuit Judges.


EBEL, Circuit Judge.

From 1986 until 1992, Dolores Contreras participated in a drug conspiracy, run by her father, which sold more than 20,000 pounds of marijuana and more than 20,000 pounds of cocaine throughout the United States. After a mistrial Ms. Contreras was re-indicted, and late in 1994 she was convicted on four counts — conspiracy, investment of illicit drug profits, and two counts of money laundering. At sentencing, the district court granted Ms...

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