United States v. Hernandez-Albino

COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

The government arrested defendant-appellant Raymond Hernández Albino (“Her-nández”) and several other men in a drug sting in Areeibo, Puerto Rico. Hernández was indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced. On appeal, he argues that the court made a series of mistakes both during trial and at sentencing. We are unpersuaded by his claims of error and affirm.

I. Background

Testimony at trial revealed the following: On April 17, 1997, two government informants contacted Armando Cabrera Vargas (“Cabrera”) regarding the sale of a number of kilograms of cocaine. Cabrera, in…