U.S. v. PACHECO

No. 11-2301.

727 F.3d 41 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Giseline PACHECO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 13, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Trebilcock-Horan , Research and Writing Specialist, with whom Héctor E. Guzmán-Silva , Federal Public Defender, and Héctor L. Ramos-Vega , Assistant Federal Public Defender, were on brief for appellant.

Justin Reid Martin , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, Nelson Pérez-Sosa , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Juan Carlos Reyes-Ramos , Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for appellee.

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


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

On March 11, 2011, Giseline Pacheco ("Pacheco") was arrested at an airport in Puerto Rico for attempting to import 672 grams of heroin from the Dominican Republic. On April 6, 2011, the government indicted Pacheco for: (1) conspiring to possess with intent to distribute heroin in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 846; (2) possessing with the intent to distribute heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841; (3) conspiring to import heroin in violation...

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