Legal Opinion
United States v. Gonsalves
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 7, 2017No. 15-1194PPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
Brothers Stanley and Joshua Gonsalves (to keep the Gonsalveses straight, we call them Stanley and Joshua but mean no disrespect) were convicted on multiple counts stemming from their operation of an oxycodone-trafficking ring on Cape Cod. Both now challenge their convictions, and Stanley challenges his sentence. Finding none of the brothers’ plaints have merit, we affirm.
SETTING THE STAGE
The Gonsalves brothers’ trial spanned eighteen days and included testimony from thirty-four witnesses. We decline to recount it all now (and to explain the brothers’ claims on appeal,…
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