Legal Opinion
United States v. Andres Garcia
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 20, 2019No. 18-1735PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hamilton, Circuit Judge.
A jury found defendant-appellant Andres Garcia guilty of distributing cocaine-actually distributing a kilogram of the stuff-to co-defendant Alan Cisneros in violation of 21 US.C. § 841. The government offered no direct evidence that Garcia possessed or controlled cocaine, drug paraphernalia, large quantities of cash, or other unexplained wealth. There was no admission of drug trafficking by Garcia, nor any testimony from witnesses (undercover agents, criminal confederates, innocent bystanders, or surveillance officers) that Garcia distributed cocaine. Instead, the…
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