U.S. v. NEWTON

No. 01-2636.

326 F.3d 253 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Luis Rivera NEWTON, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 9, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Backiel, on brief for appellant.

Aixa Maldonado-Quiñones, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom H.S. Garcia, United States Attorney, and Sonia Torres-Pabón, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for the United States.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

On April 23, 2001, a jury convicted Luis Rivera Newton ("Rivera Newton", a.k.a. "Luis el Mono," "Luisito") of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in excess of five kilograms of cocaine, more than one kilogram of heroin, and multiple kilograms of marijuana. On October 12, 2001, the district court sentenced Rivera Newton to life imprisonment. Rivera Newton now appeals his conviction on three...

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