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UNITED STATES v. GALECKI

No. 20-10288, No. 20-10296.

89 F.4th 713 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Benjamin GALECKI, aka Zencense Ben, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Burton Ritchie, aka Burton Ritchie, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 27, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Felman (argued) and Brandon K. Breslow (argued) Kynes Markman & Felman PA, Tampa, Florida; J. Lloyd Snook III , Snook & Haughey PC, Charlottesville, Virginia; for Defendants-Appellants.

Elizabeth O. White (argued) and Robert L. Elman , Assistant United States Attorneys, Office of the United States Attorney-Reno, Reno, Nevada; Adam M. Flake and Daniel D. Hollingsworth , Assistant United States Attorneys; Christopher Chiou , Acting United States Attorney, Office of The United States Attorney, Las Vegas, Nevada; for Defendants-Appellants.

Before: Ronald M. Gould and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges, and Roslyn O. Silver, District Judge.

OPINION

Defendants Benjamin Galecki and Charles Burton Ritchie were convicted of drug trafficking, mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering in connection with their distribution of "spice," a synthetic cannabinoid product that, when smoked, produces a high. The drug-trafficking charges were based on the premise...

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