U.S. v. PORTALLA

No. 06-1362.

496 F.3d 23 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Edward PORTALLA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 31, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Budreau, for appellant.

Thomas M. Gannon, Attorney, Department of Justice, with whom, Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, Michael Pelgro, and Glenn A. MacKinlay, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on brief for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.


CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.

Edward Portalla challenges his conviction on one count of conspiring to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846, and two counts of money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1956, contending that the government adduced insufficient evidence. We affirm.

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BACKGROUND

Between January 2001 and November 2002, Raphael Tejada, a cooperating witness for the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), made a series of...

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