Legal Opinion
United States v. Alan Ginsberg and Carlos Ivan Piedrahita
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 26, 1985No. 318, 319, Dockets 84-1181, 1212PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PIERCE, Circuit Judge:
BACKGROUND
This case arises out of a government undercover operation which resulted in an agreement to purchase ten kilograms of cocaine. For their alleged parts in arranging and carrying out that agreement, appellants Carlos Ivan Piedrahita and Alan Ginsberg were tried together as co-defendants and convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute a sizeable quantity of high quality cocaine. The other principal actors (and co-defendants of appellants) involved in the conspiracy were Luis Pena-Estrada (“Luis”), Jose…
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