U.S. v. ORTIZ-TORRES

Nos. 03-2456, 03-2458, 03-2534, 03-2572, 04-1871.

449 F.3d 61 (2006)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Orlando ORTIZ-TORRES, a/k/a Landy, a/k/a Orlando Torres-Ortiz, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. Omar Cosme-Piri, a/k/a Chiquito, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. Raymond Torres-Santiago, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. José Renovales-Vélez, a/k/a Pipe, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. Julio Mattei-Albizu, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 26, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mauricio Hernàndez-Arroyo for appellant Orlando Ortiz-Torres.

Raúl S. Mariani-Franco for appellant Omar Cosme-Piri.

Bruce Green for appellant Raymond Torres-Santiago.

José R. Olmo-Rodríguez for appellant Jose Renovales-Vélez.

Luis M. Cháves-Ghigliotty for appellant Julio Mattei-Albizu.

Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom H.S. Garcia, United States Attorney, was on brief, for Appellee.

Before LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Orlando Ortiz-Torres, Omar Cosme-Piri, Raymond Torres-Santiago, José Renovales-Vélez, and Julio Mattei-Albizu appeal their convictions and sentences for conspiracy to distribute multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846. We affirm.

Appellants were members of a drug-trafficking organization that operated drug distribution points...

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