Legal Opinion
United States v. Basilio Castaneda, United States of America v. Rolando Quinonez, United States of America v. Luis Navarro Casillas
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 17, 1994No. 92-10722, 92-10728 and 92-10734PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
Basilio Castaneda, Rolando Quinonez, and Luis Casillas appeal their sentences and convictions of conspiracy to engage in money laundering and of several substantive counts of money laundering. We affirm Casillas’s convictions and sentence. As to Quinonez and Castaneda, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for resentencing.
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In 1991, federal agents began an investigation of money laundering and cocaine trafficking in the Modesto, California area. To aid in the investigation, the agents recruited a former drug dealer, Ignacio Felix, to carry out an undercover sting…
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