Legal Opinion
United States v. Mercado
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 17, 2009No. Docket 08-1017-crPublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Damion Townsend (“Defendant”) appeals from his conviction for conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, fifty grams or more of cocaine base (“crack”), and an unspecified amount of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(A), 841(b)(1)(C), and 846, entered by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Keenan, /.). We assume the parties’ familiarity with the facts, procedural history, and scope of the issues presented on appeal.
I. Sufficiency of the Evidence
Defendant argues that there was insufficient…
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