U.S. v. SANCHEZ-BADILLO

Nos. 05-1800, 05-2045, 05-2047.

540 F.3d 24 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. David SANCHEZ-BADILLO and Raymond Mendez-Echevarria, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 27, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rafael F. Castro Lang, for appellant David Sanchez-Badillo.

Raymond Rivera Esteves, for appellant Raymond Mendez-Echevarria.

Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, United States Attorney and Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, were on brief, for appellee.

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


HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

After a lengthy jury trial, appellants David Sanchez-Badillo ("Sanchez") and Raymond Mendez-Echevarria ("Mendez") were convicted of conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine, cocaine base and marijuana. Mendez was also convicted of two counts of illegal weapon possession. They were sentenced to terms of imprisonment of 292 months and life, respectively.1 On appeal Mendez and Sanchez both claim that while they were...

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