United States v. Roger Rogelio Salcedo

BYE, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Roger Salcedo of conspiring to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), and 846, and the district court 1 sentenced him to 240 months imprisonment. Salcedo appeals contending the district court abused its discretion by admitting into evidence a statement Salcedo made to law enforcement prior to his arrest, where the government had purportedly indicated in a pretrial conference it did not intend to rely upon any of Mr. Salcedo’s statements. We affirm.

On October 28, 2002, several Drug Enforcement…