U.S. v. DE JESUS MATEO

No. 00-1711.

373 F.3d 70 (2004)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Pedro DE JESUS MATEO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Sanchez Maceira, for appellant.

Thomas F. Klumper, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom H.S. Garcia, United States Attorney, and Sonia I. Torres-Pabón, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, LIPEZ and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Pedro De Jesus Mateo appeals his conviction for conspiring to possess narcotics with the intent to distribute and the resulting sentence imposed. We affirm the judgment.

I. Background

In the late 1980's, De Jesus befriended Orlando Rosa Rodriguez in Ponce, Puerto Rico. In the beginning of 1990, Rosa began a drug trafficking organization operating in the Belgica Ward of Ponce. During the fall of 1990, Rosa expanded the enterprise...

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