U.S. v. MARQUEZ

No. 09-1743.

605 F.3d 604 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Josue Acosta MARQUEZ, also known as Martin Contreras-Pulido, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 21, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Charles Dopf, argued, Urbandale, IA, for Appellant.

Craig Payton Gaumer, argued, Emily K. Nydie, AUSA, on the brief, Des Moines, IA, for Appellee.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Josue Acosta Marquez (Acosta) was convicted of conspiracy to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841. The district court2 sentenced him to 120 months' imprisonment. Acosta appeals his conviction and sentence. We affirm.

I.

In March 2007, investigators from the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Mid-Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Task Force were alerted to a drug trafficking operation...

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