U.S. v. CRUZ-RODRÍGUEZ

Nos. 05-2492, 05-2493.

541 F.3d 19 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Carlos D. CRUZ-RODRÍGUEZ, Felix Reyes-De León, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 8, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnny Rivera Gonzales for appellant, Carlos D. Cruz-Rodríguez.

Raymond L. Sanchez-Maceira for appellant, Felix Reyes De León.

Thomas F. Klumper, 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, HOWARD, Circuit Judge, and YOUNG, District Judge.


HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

An indictment charged twenty-six defendants with crimes arising from their involvement in a large drug distribution network that operated in a Puerto Rico housing project. These are appeals by two of the defendants — Carlos D. Cruz-Rodríguez (Cruz) and Felix Reyes-de León (Reyes).

After an eight-day trial a jury convicted Cruz and Reyes of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, crack cocaine, and...

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