U.S. v. COLE

No. 01-4574.

293 F.3d 153 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ernesto Francisco COLE, a/k/a La Pe, a/k/a Panama, a/k/a Negro, a/k/a Negrito, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Thomas Franklin Almon, Jr., Thomas F. Almon Attorney, Miami, Florida, for Appellant. William Neil Hammerstrom, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney, Gene Rossi, Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and MICHAEL and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge MICHAEL and Judge TRAXLER joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Chief Judge.

Ernesto Francisco Cole appeals the judgment of the district court sentencing him to concurrent terms of life imprisonment for operating a continuing criminal enterprise and committing murder while engaged in drug trafficking. See 21 U.S.C. § 848. Cole argues that this prosecution was...

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