Legal Opinion
United States v. Luis Tom, A/K/A Cuba
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 3, 2003No. 99-2279PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Luis Tom, also known as “Cuba,” was convicted by jury of conspiring to possess cocaine base with intent to distribute, possessing cocaine base, distributing cocaine base, and aiding and abetting the possession and distribution of cocaine base. Tom was sentenced to seventy-eight months on each count, to run concurrently, and ordered to pay a $200 special assessment. He now appeals, arguing that (1) he should have been acquitted under an entrapment defense; (2) the jury instruction on entrapment was erroneous; (3) the district court made two…
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