Legal Opinion

United States v. Ortiz-Torres

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided May 26, 2006No. 03-2456, 03-2458, 03-2534, 03-2572, 04-1871PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Orlando Ortiz-Torres, Omar Cosme-Piri, Raymond Torres-Santiago, José Re-novales-Vélez, and Julio Mattei-Albizu appeal their convictions and sentences for conspiracy to distribute multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846. We affirm.

Appellants were members of a drug-trafficking organization that operated drug distribution points in and around La Plena Ward in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico from 1994 to 2001. 1 A grand jury indicted each of them with conspiring to distribute “mul-ti-kilogram quantities” of heroin, cocaine, cocaine…

2Cases cited51 opinions

  1. United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. United States v. VonnSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  4. United States v. Jerome CrosbyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
  5. United States v. TeeterCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001

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3Cited by43 opinions

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  5. United States v. Jose A. Tejeda, United States of America v. Daniel L. DropikCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007

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