Legal Opinion
United States v. Martin Jorge Esparza
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 31, 2002No. 01-3573PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Circuit Judge.
After a jury trial, Martin Jorge Esparza (Esparza) was convicted of possessing cocaine with intent to distribute, a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and was sentenced to 292 months in prison and five years of supervised release. On appeal, Esparza argues that the district court 1 should have allowed him to testify about a statement he made to a law enforcement officer at the time of his arrest and should not have applied a two-level enhancement for obstruction of justice. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Esparza was arrested at a weigh station on Interstate 44 in St. Clair,…
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