Legal Opinion
United States v. Legarda
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 3, 1994No. 93-1448PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
In this drug appeal, defendant Ever Miguel Legarda challenges: 1) trial rulings made by the district court which excluded certain testimony on hearsay grounds; 2) the court’s computation of the relevant amount of cocaine for sentencing purposes; and 3) the court’s upward departure from the Guidelines. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.
I
FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS
In July of 1992, defendant traveled from New York City, where he resided, to his native country of Colombia. Upon his return to New York, and apparently at the urging of someone he had met in…
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