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U.S. v. ESPINAL

Docket No. 09-4344-cr.

634 F.3d 655 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jose D. ESPINAL, also known as Nano, Cesar David Valdez-Castro, also known as David, also known as Cesar D. Valdez-Castro, also known as Malicia, Defendants, Santo Laiz, also known as Martin, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 7, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Boyle , New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.

Daniel A. Spector , Susan Corkery , Assistant United States Attorneys, for Loretta E. Lynch , United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, for Appellee.

Before: JOHN M. WALKER, JR., STRAUB, AND LYNCH, Circuit Judges.

GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge:

Santo Laiz pled guilty in the Eastern District of New York (Arthur D. Spatt, J.) to possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, and conspiring to do so, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) and 846, and was sentenced principally to twenty years' imprisonment. He appeals his conviction, contending that his plea was involuntary. He also challenges his sentence, arguing that the prosecution failed to prove beyond a reasonable...

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