Legal Opinion
U.S. v. Vasquez-Rodriguez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 19, 1992No. 91-2341, 91-2821PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LITTLE, District Judge:
Relying on a double jeopardy defense, Jose Luis Vasquez-Rodriguez asks this court to reverse his conviction for conspiracy to possess, with intent to distribute, more than five kilograms of cocaine. Finding the appellant’s challenge baseless, we affirm the conviction.
BACKGROUND
Vasquez was charged, tried and convicted of (1) possession with intent to distribute heroin and (2) conspiracy to possess heroin with intent to distribute. The heroin based counts were tried in federal court in the Southern District of Texas in January 1991.
In April of the same year, Vasquez was…
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