Legal Opinion
United States v. Alfredo Mosquera-Murillo
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 24, 2018No. 16-3096; C/w 16-3097, 16-3098PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Srinivasan, Circuit Judge:
In June 2012, the United States Coast Guard intercepted a Colombian vessel called the Mistby, which was transporting cocaine and marijuana to Panama. The three defendants in these consolidated cases pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, the drugs on board the Mistby, in violation of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA), 46 U.S.C. § 70501 et seq., and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act, 21 U.S.C. § 951 et seq. Each defendant was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment.
The defendants now appeal on two…
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