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U.S. v. MEJIA

No. 08-3097.

597 F.3d 1329 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee v. Alvaro Augustin MEJIA, also known as Edwin Renee Sapon Ruiz, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 30, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmen D. Hernandez, appointed by the court, argued the cause for the appellant.

Stephan E. Oestreicher Jr., Attorney, United States Department of Justice, argued the cause for the appellee. Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General, Gary G. Grindler, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and Brian M. Tomney, Attorney, were on brief. Teresa A. Wallbaum, Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese III, Assistant United States Attorney, entered appearances.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.

KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Alvaro Augustin Mejia and four co-defendants were charged with a single count of conspiring to import five or more kilograms of cocaine into the United States after a United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) sting operation caught them on tape plotting to transport and safeguard a 1,300 kilogram drug shipment through Guatemala. On appeal, Mejia challenges various aspects of his conviction and sentence. We affirm....

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