U.S. v. GARRASTEGUY

Nos. 07-2714, 07-2715.

559 F.3d 34 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Nathan GARRASTEGUY, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Amos Carrasquillo, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 6, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan M. Schiff, with whom John Salsberg and Salsberg & Schneider, were on brief, for appellant Carrasquillo.

Mark W. Shea, with whom Shea and LaRocque, was on brief for appellant Garrasteguy.

Mark T. Quinlivan, Assistant United States Attorney with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney and John A. Wortmann, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, STAHL and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

In early 2006, federal and local authorities commenced Operation Brickhouse to combat drug trafficking in the Bromley-Heath Housing Project (Bromley-Heath) located in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. The investigation snared the appellants Amos Carrasquillo and Nathan Garrasteguy through a series of controlled drug purchases executed by a cooperating witness. Faced with unshakable evidence of their illicit activities, the appellants pleaded guilty...

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