Legal Opinion
United States v. Paul Sureff and Michael Cardone, Maritza Metral
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 13, 1994No. 286, Docket 93-1279PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
Maritza Metral appeals from her conviction by a jury before Judge Spatt on one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a substance containing cocaine. 1 See 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(C), 846 (1988). Metral challenges her conviction on two grounds. First, she maintains that the government’s evidence was insufficient to support her conviction. This challenge is based on the absence of direct, in contrast to circumstantial, evidence that Metral was dealing in cocaine. Second, she contends that the government’s proof was of multiple conspiracies…
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