Legal Opinion
United States v. Pedro Morell and Ramon Bruzon
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 29, 1975No. 1217, 1218, Dockets 74-1827, 75-1200PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Circuit Judge:
Pedro Morell and Ramon Bruzon were convicted by a jury of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.1 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846. The principal government witness at their joint trial was Alfredo Valdez, a government informant who had been arrested in Miami in December 1969 for possession of cocaine. Valdez pleaded guilty in 1970, although he was not sentenced until two years later, when the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida imposed three years of probation. Following his plea, Valdez began…
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