U.S. v. BUSTOS-USECHE

No. 00-20355.

273 F.3d 622 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edilson BUSTOS-USECHE, also known as Pacifico Duarte, also known as Edilson Useche Bustos, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 13, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Dreeben, Teal E. Luthy (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., App. Staff, Washington, DC, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Trude K. Scott, Law Offices of Trude Scott, Abigail Lenore Keenan (argued), Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before EMILIO M. GARZA and PARKER, Circuit Judges, and ELLISON, District Judge.


ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-Appellant Edilson Bustos-Useche pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance in violation of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act. See 46 U.S.C. app. § 1903. The district court sentenced Bustos to 210 months in prison, followed by a five-year term of supervised release. On appeal, Bustos argues that the...

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