Legal Opinion
United States v. Abraham Figueroa, Sixto Vega, Sr., Doris Santiago
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 5, 1983No. 82-5699PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Sixto Vega, Doris Santiago, and Abraham Figueroa were tried before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida for conspiracy to possess diazepam with intent to distribute and possession of diazepam with intent to distribute. 1 They were each convicted of both charges by a jury empanelled to hear their jointly-tried cases. Central to the various arguments raised on appeal are challenges to the sufficiency of evidence adduced at trial. After considering appellants’ contentions, we affirm Vega’s conviction, and reverse…
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