Legal Opinion
United States v. Joseph Cruz
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 18, 1992No. 91-1047PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Circuit Judge.
Joseph Cruz appeals his conviction on one count of conspiring to possess heroin, with intent to distribute, within 100 feet of a public playground in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) and 845a, and on two counts of possessing heroin, with intent to distribute, within the same environs in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 845a. 1 Appellant questions the sufficiency of the evidence and challenges the sixty-three month prison sentence imposed by the district court. We affirm the judgment of conviction and sentence, but remand to the district court to permit…
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