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U.S. v. LIZARDO

No. 04-1714.

445 F.3d 73 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Meraldo LIZARDO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 26, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Krasnoo, with whom the Law Offices of James B. Krasnoo was on brief, for appellant.

Mark T. Quinlivan, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA and LYNCH, Circuit Judges, and LASKER, Senior District Judge.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted defendant Meraldo Lizardo for conspiring to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and for unlawful use of a communication facility in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 843(b). The district court sentenced Lizardo to a term of imprisonment of 60 months. On appeal, Lizardo contests both the conviction and the sentence. We affirm.

I. Background

From 1997 to 2000, Lizardo was a deputy sheriff in...

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